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If the House doesn't nip this in the bud, we very well might see the Supremes ponder that question.
only time will tell.
If the House doesn't nip this in the bud, we very well might see the Supremes ponder that question.
Are we basically allowing states to impose a tariff on out of state purchases?
No. States have always been able to tax out of state purchases. This Senate bill has nothing to do with that.
Under current law, states can only collect from companies that are physically located within their borders.
Customers who order items online from another state are often supposed to declare the purchases on their tax forms, but few do or are even aware of that requirement.
The bill would exempt small businesses that earn less than $1 million annually from out-of-state sales, and requires states to provide retailers with software to calculate sales taxes based on a buyer’s zip code. States would be allowed to collect taxes on out-of state purchases in six months, to give retailers time to prepare.
Read more: Senate approves Internet sales tax bill - The Hill's Floor Action
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It won't cost the vendor anything? At all? Well, that's good news.It will cost the state to re-organize it's sales tax, but that won't cost the vendor anything. The software that handles this on the vendors end is free to the vendor.
All it takes on the vendors end is a computer and an internet connection, which presumably a business on the internet already has.
This bill isn't about the power to tax. This bill is about enforcement.question: does the congress have the power, to grant the states power to tax?
I admit not being thrilled about it, as sales taxes are among the most regressive. however, fair is fair. I can think of better ways to get tax revenue, though.
Fair is a place where they judge pigs...life isn't fair and never was supposed to be.
I am fully against this tax...Online sales contains a lot of small business entrepreneurs. This will cause a headache for them...they will have to abide by every state's separate tax codes. I couldn't imagine the weight on their backs for this BS
But if the issue is fairness for the local brick-and-mortar store*, then why should ANY business be exempt? Selling online out-of-state is just a cost of doing business, isn't it?i'd like to see the small ones largely exempted. i think they exempted to one million dollars; that number should be raised.
But if the issue is fairness for the local brick-and-mortar store*, then why should ANY business be exempt? Selling online out-of-state is just a cost of doing business, isn't it?
*- One of the reasons commonly given, though personally I don't believe they give a rat's behind about the local stores, they just want their revenue.
There is some devil's advocate in this question.
From the article.
Okay...what's your point?
In contradicts your point.
No. States have always been able to tax out of state purchases. This Senate bill has nothing to do with that.
Under current law, states can only collect from companies that are physically located within their borders.
Again...the issue is not the tax. The issue is whether a State can compel the resident of another State to collect and deliver tax revenue. Evidently, the Senate wants them to be able to do so. I think it's a bad precedence.
It won't cost the vendor anything? At all? Well, that's good news.
Silly me, I thought they might have to pay people to spend time to administer the program, maybe an accountant to coordinate and send payments, etc. I mean, I'm sure most already have an accountant, but hey, it's just a few more forms and a few more payments. Time is free.
The article.
I could be missing something, that is why I asked.
The article.
I could be missing something, that is why I asked.
For one thing, I was directly responding to another post
For another, you are wrong. It's not about whether a state can compel a resident of another state to collect taxes for it. SCOTUS decided that they can't. SCOTUS also said that Congress can.
And the Senate did.
I am concluding that you have never done bookkeeping or accounting for a business.What do you mean by "administer the program". Software does not need a baby sitter.
The transfer of payments is done electronically. The sales tax collected from each sale is deposited into an account electronically. The collected funds are sent to the states from that account electronically. At most, the vendor has to click an OK button to verify the transfer.
How much time does it take to click a button? How is this a burden?
The Senate bill doesn't compel anyone...whether state or resident...to collect taxes for anyone. The Senate bill allows States to compel out of State residents to collect and deliver that States taxes.
Is this really so hard to understand?
Certainly the commerce clause allows the Feds to refer issues affecting commerce across state lines, which is all this is really about.
Except that the commerce clause only deals in trade disputes. The federal government has no power to act on business. Yes, I realize the SC says otherwise, but I'm not going to humor nonsense. Are you?
Btw, does anyone want to tell where the words "Interstate commerce" happen to be? Far to long I have been looking for those words in the commerce clause and I have yet to find them.
And this is a trade dispute. Sales are a form of trade.