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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;omahaorange, post: 2038331, member: 28199&quot;]Here&#039;s a link to a Web site thar explains the bill:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://marketplacefairness.org" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://marketplacefairness.org" rel="nofollow">http://marketplacefairness.org</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What this says to me is simply making it easier for states to collect sales tax due them anyway.&nbsp; Keep in mind the retailer does not &quot;pay&quot; sales tax.&nbsp; They merely collect from the consumer and remit it to the state.&nbsp; It is the consumer who actually pays the tax.&nbsp; This bill looks like it is designed to force the retailer to simply supply the states money they are due them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can only speak about Pennsylvania.&nbsp; In PA you are required to pay sales tax on every taxable item, no matter where it&#039;s purchased.&nbsp; Internet retailers who have any kind of presence in PA are required to collect sales tax, and most do.&nbsp; For those entities that do not collect sales tax,&nbsp; PA requires you (the purchaser) to pay the required sales tax in the form of a Use Tax.&nbsp; You pay this on your state income tax forms at the end of the year.&nbsp; Does everybody do this?&nbsp;&nbsp; I would venture to guess most do not.&nbsp; What it looks like this bill does is facilitate states getting money already due them.&nbsp; This does not effect a tax increase.&nbsp; It does place an additional burden on the retailer to collect and submit this money.&nbsp; Chalk that up to the cost of doing business.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did read on that site that some small business may be exempt from this legislation.&nbsp; The link is there, so you can see who the exemptions apply to.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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