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So I assume you willfully pay your tax on all online purchases?

• rdtsc 15y ago
  My state had line item on the tax form asking for the amount of goods purchased online so then they can tax them. Always wondered what people put in there and if the state even did anything about it (audited people). I guess they could ask Amazon for records (threatening a lawsuit) and cross-reference with all the reported taxes based on name and address. If user bought just from Amazon more than what they reported they they have obviously owe some money + fines & late fees. (But I suppose I am making gross assumptions about the competence and general technical abilities of my state's tax collecting office).
  • Terretta 15y ago
    > could ask Amazon for records (threatening a lawsuit) http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/10/judge-blocks-north-carolina-attempt-to-get-amazon-sales-data.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/10/judge-blocks...
    • rdtsc 15y ago
      Oh wow. I was thinking of a different state, but this is interesting. It already happened and I missed it. First it was anonymous purchase data. Then NC demanded user names and addresses but Amazon fought on 1st Amendment grounds and seems to have won: “The First Amendment protects a buyer from having the expressive content of her purchase of books, music, and audiovisual materials disclosed to the government,” I wonder if this was Zappos for example. What would have been the ruling.