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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 24794005, member: 27832&quot;]So, bullion and coins: taxed or not? Food? Drugs (prescription or recreational)?</p><p><br /></p><p>As soon as you grant that different things can be taxed differently, we&#039;re back to keeping track of sales by individual category. Worse yet, states (and sometimes more local areas) can&#039;t even agree on what the categories <i>are</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose one could &quot;simplify&quot; by imposing taxes based on the <i>seller&#039;s</i> location, where the seller would only need to know one set of rules and classifications. But then you have to define a seller&#039;s location (warehouse location? headquarters? address on tax forms?), and keep sellers from skittering around to whatever jurisdiction costs them the least.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s no solution that&#039;ll make everybody happy. At least the current solution provides employment for however many thousands work at the companies that provide &quot;calculate sales tax for these items going to this address&quot; services. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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