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The taxation is on the person living in that state. Most states require that a person buys something and doesn't pay sales tax, they are supposed to self-report
by redbeard0x0a 8y ago
The taxation is on the person living in that state. Most states require that a person buys something and doesn't pay sales tax, they are supposed to self-report and pay the tax. (Most people don't).
- koboll 8y ago>The taxation is on the person living in that state. Right, and before this decision, it was that person's responsibility to remit. Now it is the business's. So the burden of remittance has shifted to the disenfranchised party.
- delinka 8y ago"...the burden of remittance has shifted..." And the party paying the tax has not shifted. The party paying the tax votes on representation.
- koboll 8y ago>The party paying the tax votes on representation. Technically the business is "the party paying the tax", in the sense that they are the party sending money to the government. If I drop ten dollars on the counter and sprint out of a store carrying an item that costs ten dollars plus tax, the store is still responsible for paying tax on that item to the government.
- ScottBurson 8y agoNot really disenfranchised. You don't have to sell to someone in another state if you don't want to. The laws of various states place many restrictions and requirements on businesses who want to sell to their citizens. This is just another one of those.
- latortuga 8y agoYes, I believe the term for this is "use tax".