whenever you see the word fairness in a bill, you KNOW the taxpayer is going to take it in the shorts...
Posted on 05/06/2013 4:31:33 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA
The US Senate on Monday passed a bill aimed at ending tax-free shopping on the internet but the move looks set to face fierce opposition before it becomes law.
The Marketplace Fairness Act, which has cross-party supporter and the backing of powerful retailers, would give states the power to require retailers with sales over $1m to collect state and local sales taxes for online purchases.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
whenever you see the word fairness in a bill, you KNOW the taxpayer is going to take it in the shorts...
It should be named “The Wal Mart Protecton Bill”. I’m sure a lot of palms were greased to help slide this thing through.
I know they do. But they can’t compete with Amazon on price.
To much overhead, to much over saturation.
I’ve noticed that my senator, Burr, always votes the way McCain votes.
Actually, I think it's both. That's what all the Porkulous is for ;)
The same sex senators voted for it of course. Goober and McPain. J-Lins
At least some states (probably all the major ones?) now have a line on their State Income Tax return for taxpayers to report sales tax due on items purchased out of state. IIRC, Illinois, for one, made significant note of this in the instructions when it was added to the IL-1040.
According to reader comments I read in WSJ Online, there is software out there that makes the calculations fairly easy for operations with automated online ordering setups. But from experience I know that not all online sellers work that way (automated ordering). I also do not know how expensive the software for the tax calculations is, or how easy it is to integrate into systems most medium size sellers have presently in operation. Surely some Freeper who has direct experience in Internet sales can comment?
It is true that many medium and small size operations selling on the Internet are working with razor thin margins, so $1 million in sales could translate into very little extra money (and time is money) to address the new tax law.
Government never seems to realize: It is not usually any one regulation, tax, etc., that is the big problem. It is the accumulated weight of them all that crushes business activity and job creation.
I think that the larger issue is that this is yet more money taken out of the private sector. I would also guess that the taxation itself will prove to be mildly regressive in nature, excepting perhaps very poor persons and those who do not have internet access. In the end, I could probably accept this law if it was balanced by tax reductions elsewhere, but of course it will not be.
More like Newspeak, where the word doesn’t mean what it used to.
“Fairness”, is, of course, undefinable and undefinable words are the provenance of the left.
This bill looks like it’s been tailored specifically to cause trouble for one specific company, Amazon. Certainly there will be other businesses hurt, but this is singling out one specific company to target and tax. Awful.
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Somebody must pay for all the perks and freevies the President & Congress demand - and get
Next thing you know Obama & Holder will be turning a Muzzie terrorist loose with only a small bond and an ankle bracelet
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here’s a neater list of the traitors to their states from the list above. you southern conservatives better start paying attention.
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Boozman (R-AR), Yea
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Chambliss (R-GA), Yea
Coats (R-IN), Yea
Cochran (R-MS), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Corker (R-TN), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Fischer (R-NE), Yea
Graham (R-SC), Yea
Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Johanns (R-NE), Yea
McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Portman (R-OH), Yea
Sessions (R-AL), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Thune (R-SD), Yea
Wicker (R-MS), Yea
mcain’s usual leftist cronies, plus the walmart lobby? nebraska, dakotas, wy, ms, sc, ar, ga. wow, boehner has a chance to pass this crap in the house. look out southerners, you better start calling your reps.
I thought Amazon was supporting it, but eBay was fighting it. I could be wrong about that...
They say TN is more conservative than IL, but we got one “Nay” vote out of Kirk (an alleged RINO) and TN got two “Yeas” out of their Senators. Go figure.
United States Constitution, Article 1 Section 10:
No state shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection laws: and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any state on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the Congress.
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eBay sent me an email from Donahue
They are against it
“Over one million” will soon become a VAT tax - while not eliminating Sales Taxes or Income Taxes
“This Tax will not be called a tax because we have the Chief Justice of SCOTUS in our pocket!”
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Flake voted - Nay. He’s on the right side of this.
Flake voted - Nay.
I agree. If the SCOTUS decision was correct in the first place, they’ll need to Amend the Commerce Clause following the Amendment process. This doesn’t do that.
Sessions (R-AL), Yea
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Damn!
Shelby’s expected, but Sessions!?!?
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You all must realize an online tax will be used to establish a list of firearms and ammo buyers and shipments - with names and addresses.....
....”I will flying under the radar” said Opansy to Sarah Brady -
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