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Post by urbanmadness on May 9, 2013 10:37:19 GMT -5
Just another angle to think about.... Audits. You have 9000 jurisdictions all capable of sending a nice audit notice. And I'm sure they would send them as well.
As for leveling the playing field, that's really not the job of government. If you protect a less efficient business model, you will stifle innovation.
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Post by Jarlaxle on May 9, 2013 18:17:43 GMT -5
That's the intention. Wal-Mart and Amazon LOVE this idea: they can afford it. They have full-time IT and accounting staff who can handle it. A small business owner doesn't...it can and will put some of them (maybe including Mainely Scooters) out of business!
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Post by scootnwinn on May 9, 2013 19:13:36 GMT -5
They will only have to pay local tax guys. Not local to the buyer local to the seller. That's a whopping total of 1 rate to track.
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Post by CopperDeer on May 9, 2013 19:25:21 GMT -5
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I've noticed more states trending towards consumption tax rather than income tax... this is surprisingly a move in the right direction. If it were up to me there wouldn't be any income tax, there wasn't until around 100 years ago and even then it was a couple % on the wealthiest of Americans. Flat rate consumption taxes simplify everybody's lives, from the vender to the consumer to the government. No more corporate loopholes or evading taxes with cash sales or cooked books. The online marketplace is becoming such a large chunk of our economy that some sort of unified tax code for it is an absolute necessity...
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Post by Jarlaxle on May 9, 2013 21:38:32 GMT -5
They will only have to pay local tax guys. Not local to the buyer local to the seller. That's a whopping total of 1 rate to track. No, I do not think that is the case. If it IS, look for a mass exodus to no-sales-tax states! (Offhand: Oregon, New Hampshire, Delaware.) |
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