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Oh no I sure hope not, the tax will be back and that is enough to move me to other sites in several cases. Edit: To clarify, no sales tax was one of the first
by sosuke 12y ago
Oh no I sure hope not, the tax will be back and that is enough to move me to other sites in several cases.
Edit: To clarify, no sales tax was one of the first things Amazon and other online retailers had on their side. They could sell things cheaper, even by a little, and the rest would be made up by not having to pay sales tax. If they have a presence in a state though they have to collect sales tax. If you buy a lot from Amazon it is kind of like taking a 8.5% pay cut in buying power. If you remember back in 1997-8 there were several bills popping up around it. My Google-fu is failing me, but this is a real issue. Amazon even discontinued the associates programs in some states to avoid taxes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_tax
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoPaying taxes is a civic duty.
- pests 12y agoAmazon already collects sales tax in 24 states as per your link.
- jabagawee 12y agoIIRC, aren't you supposed to calculate your owed taxes for your state and then pay when you filed? Of course not many people do this, and the IRS (or state equivalent) has no hope of enforcing this.
- scintill76 12y agoIn some states, "use tax" is due on goods or services bought out of the state and used in the state. I don't know how widespread it is, but I don't think there's a blanket law that applies over all the US.
- selimthegrim 12y agoIn Louisiana, they don't let you register your out of state car unless you pay use tax on it.
- brianbreslin 12y agoMost states where they have warehouses they pay taxes in now (which is many many states now).