To: Kaslin
Nobody argued sales tax when mail order catalogs was the ‘Internet’ of its day................
2 posted on
03/06/2018 2:53:00 PM PST by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Red Badger
Time to start a subscription business providing up to date sales tax information for every zip code in the country that retailers can integrate into their websites to calculate the correct tax. Who wants to join me :)
4 posted on
03/06/2018 3:01:26 PM PST by
RainMan
(rainman)
To: Red Badger
Yep it’s the same concept, regarding mail orders and internet orders.
This reminds me that some states ask you to pay tax on your out of state mail orders/internet purchases.
How many people actually file a tax return, on which they show they purchased a certain amount from out of state companies?? How would taxing authorities have any clue what you buy online?
To: Red Badger
Certain things are inevitable! Like Death & Taxes. HMMM... A (somewhat) related incident: Last week I purchased a 'spray' of flowers for a dear friends wake - select one, enter CC info, go to checkout, submit order. Standard online transaction, right? Purchased in NY & delivered to NJ; it clearly stated, "Sales Tax 0.00%." When I selected 'submit' I saw they had added an (undisclosed) $19.00 SERVICE FEE! When a person finalizes an online purchase, I would expect that to be regarded as a legal contract, am I mistaken? If 'finalized' does not mean final co$t - what exactly does it mean? GRRR!
8 posted on
03/06/2018 3:09:55 PM PST by
heterosupremacist
(Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
To: Red Badger
But the state’s didn’t have a deficit like they do now. They need a way to balance the books.
To: Red Badger
Yep - and if one buys a car in one State but doesn’t register it there, they end up paying the sales tax in the State they do register it in - one way or another, some State will receive the taxes.
53 posted on
03/07/2018 2:48:54 AM PST by
trebb
(I stopped picking on the mentally ill hypocrites who pose as conservatives...mostly ;-})
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