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11 March 2015 | NapSCOORDINATOR

Posted on 03/11/2015 6:58:12 PM PDT by napscoordinator

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I have been ordering Amazon for years....yes evil company I know. So my family and I have moved to Florida to save the state from going blue someday.....lol. Anyway, Florida is a state tax free state. Well Amazon has been charging a sales tax for every item I have purchased since we moved here. I was talking to a neighbor and they were kinda surprised by this as they buy things to from Amazon. Well he went in and found out he is chafed too. I guess the rule is if Amazon has a warehouse in your state, you are charged a sales tax.

My point is that all these arguments over no taxes on the internet are nonsense. We already are being taxed on the internet. I looked up the states that Amazon taxes and it is a healthy amount. I guess the fight is over. Taxes are on the internet. Congress didn't act fast enough. Sad day for freedom again.

1 posted on 03/11/2015 6:58:12 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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Yes, but it’s only those companies that have a business presence in a given state that will charge the sales tax. Of course, the big ones like Amazon are everywhere.


2 posted on 03/11/2015 7:01:23 PM PDT by expat2
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Is the Interenet the next Internet?

;-)


3 posted on 03/11/2015 7:02:05 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Plea$e $upport Free Republic!)
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In VA you are required by law, to report on your internet purchases that are not taxed.


4 posted on 03/11/2015 7:06:59 PM PDT by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushesh)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

It is the new improved big way of typing when a little bit pissed off.


5 posted on 03/11/2015 7:07:20 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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In VA you are required by law, to report on your internet purchases that are not taxed.

I wonder if they get 10 bucks annually?

6 posted on 03/11/2015 7:08:14 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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Actually, my understanding of the tax situation with the states ... is if there is a sales tax charged in the state, then you owe that tax ... even if the Internet purchase doesn’t charge you tax. That’s always been the case.

The problem is that this is next to impossible to enforce. So, it’s never been the case that a person did not owe the tax (in states that do have the sales tax) ... they ALWAYS OWED IT. To get the Internet store to “charge the tax” on the invoice is the “enforcement mechanism”. So, the actual “tax situation” has never changed.


7 posted on 03/11/2015 7:11:22 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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Yep, when they built their warehouse in Florida they started having to charge state sales tax.


8 posted on 03/11/2015 7:13:39 PM PDT by Roos_Girl (The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
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I know but it was nice to beat the tax system for awhile. I guess I did for a long time in Maryland, Italy, Korea, and other places. They caught up to me in low tax Florida of all places. I guess it isn’t something to brag about but we hate taxes especially dumb taxes like sales tax on the internet. Conservatives really should stop this tax.


9 posted on 03/11/2015 7:14:32 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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Ugh....bring jobs to the state and screw everyone else......hmmmmmmm. Something wrong with that picture.


10 posted on 03/11/2015 7:15:09 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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Amazon has been opening distribution warehouses in various states. Sales tax is applied to items shipped from that warehouse to an address within that state.


11 posted on 03/11/2015 7:15:39 PM PDT by Ray76 (Obama says, "Unlike my mum, Ruth has all the documents needed to prove who Mark's father was.")
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Same for brick and mortar retailers, say like Home Depot, if they have a store in your state they must charge you tax on internet sales.


12 posted on 03/11/2015 7:15:44 PM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (Bibi is the President we wish we had.)
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Yes, that is true about Amazon. Amazon has a warehouse in Dallas, Texas, and Texas went after Amazon a few years ago to collect taxes from people who live in Texas. Now, I pay that tax.


13 posted on 03/11/2015 7:16:49 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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Same for brick and mortar retailers, say like Home Depot, if they have a store in your state they must charge you tax on internet sales.

Great the tax free internet days are long over I guess.


14 posted on 03/11/2015 7:16:59 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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Texas went after Amazon....wow......total opposite of what I would expect from a deep red state.


15 posted on 03/11/2015 7:17:43 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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You should thank amazon for taking care of your tax obligation for you
https://askdor.state.fl.us/FAQ/FAQDetails.aspx?ID=0


16 posted on 03/11/2015 7:17:51 PM PDT by Raycpa
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Been there, done that!


17 posted on 03/11/2015 7:18:53 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Plea$e $upport Free Republic!)
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Yes, I was very aware at that time that our Texas govn. did that, I remember when it happened.


18 posted on 03/11/2015 7:19:47 PM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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Amazon has warehouses and a distribution center in FL. They have to collect the sales tax in that state.

Ohio has no Amazon distribution centers. They have them in the states surrounding it. Ohio's is actually in the Cincinnati Metro, but it is in Kentucky.

I don't get taxed on my purchases from Amazon, but when I buy from Walmart and get it home delivered, I do because they have a physical presence in Ohio.

19 posted on 03/11/2015 7:19:57 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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His point is that Florida does _not_ have a sales tax. So why is he being charged sales tax?


20 posted on 03/11/2015 7:20:59 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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