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That is an interesting take on it. I was thinking it would be more of a level playing field for small physical retailers if the larger online stores had to char
by c12 8y ago
That is an interesting take on it. I was thinking it would be more of a level playing field for small physical retailers if the larger online stores had to charge the same retail tax.
My thoughts were that if you bought something from a store it would be x% more expensive with sales tax than purchasing off of amazon and having it delivered without needing to pay sales tax.
This way both have to charge the same sales tax and the difference in price will simply be down to the costs relating to owning a store.
- the_watcher 8y agoAmazon already collects sales taxes based on the state the order is delivered to, despite not being legally required to until now. They've already baked the compliance costs into their prices. Smaller retailers who weren't doing this will suffer, as they now need to raise prices.
- chc 8y agoYou seem to be conflating online vs. physical with large vs. small. There are small online merchants and large physical retailers — for example, Walmart is significantly bigger than, say, the online bakery Vegaron.