Dugdale_Jukes
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- Dec 30, 2012
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I'm undecided right now because on the one hand you can get some good deals but on the other, I'm short-changing mom & pop. brick & mortar stores & not contributing to the public purse for firemen, police, state's rainy day funds, etc...
Some states have internet sales taxes tacked onto one's purchases but the majority of states do not recieve any sales tax for internet sales right?
Give me your position & the reason you support it other than the standard response of "its cheaper"
There should probably never be a state sales tax on internet sales. The cost of administering 50 state sales taxes probably starts around a thousand a month for a live database diverting proper pcts of monies to the proper offices in the several states, then goes up with volume of sales.
The fairest tax would be a uniform internet sales tax with tax collections going to the state of residence of buyers.
The reason that won't work is sales tax is owed in most or all states now. So that kind of database would open buyers up to coercion to pay existing taxes.
The most reasonable internet sales tax system is for states to get together and agree to waive state sales taxes on internet purchases in return for taxes on purchases made by residents of each state.