/dev/null Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 What a cutesy name. Who doesn't want to be fair to Main Street? http://blogs.forbes.com/janetnovack/2011/03/10/illinois-governor-signs-amazon-internet-sales-tax-law/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Frenkle Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 What a cutesy name. Who doesn't want to be fair to Main Street? http://blogs.forbes....-sales-tax-law/ Don't most states already have such a policy? This sucks of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 But Quinn, a Democrat, described the law as necessary to put the state’s “main street businesses” on “a level playing field” with online retailers and to protect main street jobs. Seems like just yesterday the Democrats were promoting the "new economy" at the expense of the Main Street. And about that logic...shouldn't there be a similar law to protect the Main Street jobs created by oil industry against green technology? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
....lybob Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Don't most states already have such a policy? This sucks of course... That's what I was thinking- I remember getting charged NYS sales tax for something I got online because the had a like one outlet in NY and that was 5 or 6 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Another business flees from a state that imposed a regulation on their activities there that would have made them a surrogate tax collector, i.e., an unpaid employee of said state. There are few markets in history that are as frictionless as the Intarweb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Don't most states already have such a policy? This sucks of course... There are states (Virginia included) that have imposed a "Use Tax". When filling out your state return there is a section for purchases made online (or in other states ) that you did not pay VA sales tax. In Virginia, if the cumulative amount of purchases online/outside VA exceeds $100 you must pay 2.5% (I think that was the rate). But to answer your question, No. Most states do not require retailers to collect sales tax on purchases made online. There might be a couple that do, but the plurality do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whateverdude Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 There are states (Virginia included) that have imposed a "Use Tax". When filling out your state return there is a section for purchases made online (or in other states ) that you did not pay VA sales tax. In Virginia, if the cumulative amount of purchases online/outside VA exceeds $100 you must pay 2.5% (I think that was the rate). But to answer your question, No. Most states do not require retailers to collect sales tax on purchases made online. There might be a couple that do, but the plurality do not. New York state law requires some online retailers to collect sales tax on purchases shipped to New York's residents, even if they have no offices or employees there and if a retailer derives at least $10,000 of annual revenue from affiliates in New York, it is responsible for collecting the sales taxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Democrats. Stifling free-market innovation, one tax at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Whoo-hoo!!! More of the people's money to spend!! [/illinois Politicians] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Whoo-hoo!!! More of the people's money to spend!! [/illinois Politicians] It's gotta come from somewhere. [/pBills, michael moore] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Whoo-hoo!!! More of the people's money to spend!! [/illinois Politicians] We don't have a spending problem! We have a REVENUE problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Whoo-hoo!!! More of the people's money to spend!! [/illinois Politicians] Just tapping a natural resource Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 We don't have a spending problem! We have a REVENUE problem! Yes. "We need more revenue so we can spend more!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim in Anchorage Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Whats a sales tax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Whats a sales tax? It's a state government program to force fiscal reconciliation of an impedance mismatch created by the government's penchant for impulsive spending on programs to satisfy multitudinous special interest groups' incessant demands for financial assistance from said government. Or, as EII would say, if your state isn't geographically blessed - pay up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Or, as EII would say, if your state isn't geographically blessed - pay up. That just happens naturally... No need to say it. Democrats. Stifling free-market innovation, one tax at a time. If people want things, the market will provide it no matter what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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