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To: robroys woman
If they are saying the sales taxes at the place where the person lives is to be charged, well, that’s a logistics nightmare.

The tax will be charged by the state of the recipient. As for logistics, get real, this is the computer age.

16 posted on 06/21/2018 10:07:24 AM PDT by CMAC51
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To: CMAC51

I used to work with the tax department of a large national company. Sales tax laws were a nightmare. Sometimes they apply to a single piece of property.


29 posted on 06/21/2018 10:17:41 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: CMAC51

Pretty trivial to calculate all taxes given the zip code.


40 posted on 06/21/2018 10:26:30 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, deport all illegals, abolish the DEA, IRS and ATF.)
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To: CMAC51

Sales taxes can vary a great deal within a state, city, township, county etc. can tack on their amount.


60 posted on 06/21/2018 10:36:40 AM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: CMAC51

It’s not just where the purchaser lives. It’s what is being sold. Good example in the article - a Snickers bar is a different tax rate than a Twix bar because the Snickers has flour in it. Take a look at any state’s Dept of Revenue website and you will see that sales tax laws are extremely complicated. If you are a big company you can buy an expensive software package that will get it mostly right, but even those don’t work 100%. I used to work at a large company with sales in over 40 states, and we had sales tax audits all the time, by various different states. They would always find something. Trust me - it WILL be a nightmare, unless they come up with some simplified rules that all the states can agree on.


125 posted on 06/21/2018 3:54:52 PM PDT by iowamomforfreedom (I'm a deplorable - ready to storm the gate - MAGA)
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