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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1725234, member: 26302"]Yes, but they are called Use Taxes. No one pays them, though, and you risk ticking off local voters if you try to enforce these laws for every tiny purchase. This is why they are going after the sellers, they do not care if they PO them.</p><p><br /></p><p>The "problem" with an internet sales tax is the Constitution. Minnesota does not have the right to make someone in Florida register and collect taxes for them. The only way around this "problem" is have the national government require collection of taxes, and they pass them along to the states.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, just so people know, the biggest headache for sellers would not be collecting ONE tax from a state and remitting it. It would be putting up with all of the registration, tax forms, different deadlines, VERY different rules from state to state, etc. Bottom line, having to deal with all of the governments is the REAL issue. There are literally thousands of effective tax rates, with thousands of variances as to what is subject to tax, throughout this country. I am sure if there was only ONE set of rules, and ONE rate per state that would need to be collected, and no extensive registration required per jurisdiction, then most firms would not have an issue charging and mailing in sales taxes. Its the unbelievable bureaucracy in Sales and Use taxes that 99.9% of the population is unaware of that is the issue. Its TRULY brutal. I did it for about a year, overseeing 20 states, and swore to myself never again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1725234, member: 26302"]Yes, but they are called Use Taxes. No one pays them, though, and you risk ticking off local voters if you try to enforce these laws for every tiny purchase. This is why they are going after the sellers, they do not care if they PO them. The "problem" with an internet sales tax is the Constitution. Minnesota does not have the right to make someone in Florida register and collect taxes for them. The only way around this "problem" is have the national government require collection of taxes, and they pass them along to the states. Btw, just so people know, the biggest headache for sellers would not be collecting ONE tax from a state and remitting it. It would be putting up with all of the registration, tax forms, different deadlines, VERY different rules from state to state, etc. Bottom line, having to deal with all of the governments is the REAL issue. There are literally thousands of effective tax rates, with thousands of variances as to what is subject to tax, throughout this country. I am sure if there was only ONE set of rules, and ONE rate per state that would need to be collected, and no extensive registration required per jurisdiction, then most firms would not have an issue charging and mailing in sales taxes. Its the unbelievable bureaucracy in Sales and Use taxes that 99.9% of the population is unaware of that is the issue. Its TRULY brutal. I did it for about a year, overseeing 20 states, and swore to myself never again.[/QUOTE]
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