Re: Harry Reid's Internet Tax Bill Easily Passes in the Senate
The problem is that online companies don't just compete with other online companies based in the same state; they compete across the country (and a few internationally). So, a brick-and-mortar company...
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As someone who also lives in Washington state, what the heck are you talking about? You might for Amazon and some other companies that are actually based here in Washington, but you don't pay...
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Isn't sales tax charged based on a persons residence anyway? Doesn't the state collect the sales tax from businesses because it's easier to tax at the business then to audit every single thing a person...
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Depending on where you live, there are multiple ways to calculate a sales tax. 99.99% of the time, the customer pays the sales tax based on the location of the retailer. So if you go to Walmart or some...
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Checks and balances are still in play. We have a multi-layer system in the US. A bill passed by the Senate must be heard and passed in the House, and vise versa. Once a bill passes both houses, then it...
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so all of a sudden we would start to see every online business being based out of a sales tax-free state, leaving us right back where we started, So are you saying that tax competition between states...
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Unfortunately the physical nexus requirement is a lot looser then people tend to think, esp for companies that know how to draw up the paperwork.I assume you are referring to Amazon with its practice...
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So are you saying that tax competition between states is a bad thing?No (it's complicated, not purely good or bad). I was just pointing out that charging based on the business's location is equivalent...
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And thus without the debate, time taken to even look at, or any other consideration being enforced, the "checks and balances" fails to be upheld at its very core.While theres no guarantee of that, its...
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The committee that overviews tax issues didn't get to see it before it was voted on. That was completely wrong.
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