Sneaky new internet tax pushing through fast

mjpfan,

It is incumbent on the feds to figure out a sane way to implement this. The state i live in requires one to claim anything bought sales tax free. I think I am probably the only one in the entire state who actually does this, therefore, the honor system appears to not be working. Hence this move.

I think the internet sales tax is a fair and proper thing to have.
Far far too many folks cheat on reporting internet sales taxes to thier state on the state tax forms.
(which all states with sales taxes and income taxes have: An area to calculate unpaid state sales taxes from internet purchases.)
The problem is no one wants to pay those. So basically all the folks who are raving about NOT paying those unpaid taxes are just cheating anyway on thier taxes..
For big time sellers who are trying to fly totally under the radar... Hah hah

Face it, Big Brother is finally going to catch up.
Most states are in big trouble over unpaid taxes.

Time to PAY YOUR FAIR SHARE.

Hah hah hah haaa

I agree with Elizabeth, a rarity actually, but I don't see why the Feds need to implement it when it's the State's that charge sales tax.

AFAIK tax on out of state purchase is illegal. Because of that my state (Illinois) collects "use tax" - different name of the same thing. Since I don't remember what I bought where I use option of paying fixed "use tax" proportional to gross income. I found this:

"What Are Use Taxes

As a general rule, a state's taxing power reaches only as far as its borders. What this means for sales tax purposes is that a state cannot impose its sales tax on retail sales that are consummated in other states. Because states can tax only transactions within their borders, there is a big loophole from the perspective of the State Department of Revenue. A state's residents could avoid paying a state's sales tax by making their purchases outside the state, either by crossing the border to an adjoining state or by making purchases via the Internet. To close this loophole, each state that has a sales tax also has a complementary "use" tax. The use tax applies to the "use, storage, or other consumption" within the state of tangible personal property, the purchase of which would have been subject to the sales tax had the transaction occurred within the state."

"Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society"
Oliver Wendell Holmes

I have no problem with the tax.