You are caught up in static economic analysis. A change in the tax code will cause people to change behavior. Many people will create business out of their hobbies to acquire a sales tax exemption certificate.The first thing I'm doing is setting up a business. A miserable failure of a business that will allow me to buy stuff tax free.
Looks like you're a dynamic economic thinker.
The first thing I'm doing is setting up a business. A miserable failure of a business that will allow me to buy stuff tax free.
And let yourself be audited frequently for compliance as businesses under a retail sales tax get to do.
Then find yourself rapidly classed as a hobby under such circumstances and endup paying the tax owed as a consumer rather than a business operating for a profit.