[Grizzled Bear]

I just had a yard sale and sold my lawn mower for $100. Who is responsible to collect the $9 sales tax from the buyer?

The same person who currently collects sales tax for your illicit crack cocaine transactions.

[DesertSapper]

I believe I read the 999 plan doesn’t count used items as taxable. Or maybe I just dreamt it.

[macquire]

There wouldn’t be tax on used items. The tax was collected when it was new.

Nice try.

[Brookhaven]

I just had a yard sale and sold my lawn mower for $100. Who is responsible to collect the $9 sales tax from the buyer?

The same person who currently collects sales tax for your illicit crack cocaine transactions.

Who collects the state sales tax now? is the correct answer.

We're spending too much time answering these smart a** questions with a smart a** answer. People are only asking these dumb questions in an attempt to throw the conversation off track. They know it's a straw man, and we shouldn't be playing their game.

A retail sales tax is an old idea. It has been a reality in most states for over a century. All bugs and dumb questions like "who pays the lawnmower tax" were worked out before your grandfather was born.

The answer is: how is it done under the current state sales tax system, because that will be the model for a federal system.

This isn't chess, it's checkers.