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Retailers do not pay sales tax, consumers do. And in every state I am aware of that has a sales tax, those consumers still have to pay use tax. I really don't
by burgerbrain 15y ago
Retailers do not pay sales tax, consumers do. And in every state I am aware of that has a sales tax, those consumers still have to pay use tax.
I really don't understand why people have a hard time dealing with this. This is an issue settled over a century ago by Sears.
- jemfinch 15y agoThere's a vast chasm between what consumers "have to" pay and what consumers do pay.
- burgerbrain 15y agoThat is a separate issue.
- tux1968 15y agoIt's not a separate issue. The original point was that Amazon benefited from customers who avoided sales tax. It was an option those customers didn't have when shopping locally and definitely made Amazon more attractive than it would have been otherwise.
- dredmorbius 15y agoNot if you can bank on it, as Amazon has.