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> Between this and similarly far-reaching laws (e.g., GDPR), it's becoming increasingly burdensome for small players to the point where secondary services like
by inferiorhuman 8y ago
> Between this and similarly far-reaching laws (e.g., GDPR), it's becoming increasingly burdensome for small players to the point where secondary services like Avalara are effectively required.
Sounds like a good justification for a federal GST instead of the patchwork of (hyper) local sales taxes. I fully understand why that will never happen in the United States (states' rights), and think that it's the tax patchwork that's the problem not the requirement to collect taxes itself.
- kccqzy 8y agoLocal sales taxes are sometimes earmarked for a specific purpose that improves the local community. For example recently voters in the Los Angeles county approved a sales tax increase to fund new Metro lines [0]. It seems fair that since this Metro line primarily benefits residents in this region, this additional sales tax should only be charged when one buys products in this region (primarily residents). Concentrating all the money at the federal level and then redistributing doesn't seem very fair. [0]: https://ballotpedia.org/Los_Angeles_County,_California,_Sales_Tax,_Measure_M_(November_2016) https://ballotpedia.org/Los_Angeles_County,_California,_Sale...
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- slavik81 8y agoMy impression from browsing these discussions is that the set of rules governing sales taxes even in a single state are sometimes more complicated than those for all of Canada. It's pretty incredible to see all the fancy tax rules.