I know, it’s crazy. And then they would be expecting you to treat your in-store purchases differently than online purchases. That’s hypocrisy.
I was going to start a small online business in Tennessee. But the regulations involved with selling food got the best of me and I decided it wasn’t worth my time and effort any longer. I wouldn’t be allowed to sell to the other states and the customer base in Tennessee would be too small to make it worth it.
Just dealing with Tennessee sales tax was going to be time-consuming, this would’ve been overwhelming.
I just got a bill from my state government wanting me to pay sales tax (estimated) for the two years after I had shut the business down.
They want sales tax on transactions that never happened.
Now I can deal with my state government but can you imagine getting that kind of bill from say, New York?
This is the kind of thing that will drive mom and pops out of business. We can not hope to comply. We can not afford to argue when they make a mistake. And the big boys will be laughing all the way to the bank.