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Posted on 12/22/2005 7:31:47 AM PST by BradJ
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If you want to put a hamper on internet sales this is one sure way to do it. Thank You Senate for continuing to infringe on us with confiscatory taxes every chance you get /s.
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:31:48 AM PST
by
BradJ
To: BradJ
If you're going to tax us for shopping at home, at least open up ANWR so we can afford to go out for our taxation.
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:33:17 AM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: BradJ
Not going anywhere. No one is going to vote to raise taxes in an election year.
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:34:50 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(We do not create terrorism by fighting the terrorists. We invite terrorism by ignoring them.--GWBush)
To: BradJ
The states...coming after everything they can get...states rights...yeah /s
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:35:05 AM PST
by
eleni121
('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
To: BradJ
"Main Street retailers collect sales taxes, while many online and catalog retailers are exempt from collecting the same taxes," said a statement published by Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican. "This is costing states and localities billions in lost revenue." (A related bill has been introduced by Sen. Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat, who is a former state tax commissioner.) Screw you, Enzi...AND Dorgan. Nothing is stopping brick and mortars from going online and selling to others. THE GREEDY HAND OF GOVERNMENT MUST BE STOPPED!
To: All
Politicians, in general, suck.
Just my two cents.
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:35:44 AM PST
by
Havok
(I like meat, guns, and comic books. Am I a bad conservative?)
To: BradJ
Many sites already charge sales tax, depending on where the actual stores are located and where you live. if there is an outlet in your State, you end up paying the taxes. If not, they tend to err on the side of charging the taxes.
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:38:49 AM PST
by
trebb
("I am the way... no one comes to the Father, but by me..." - Jesus in John 14:6 (RSV))
To: BradJ
Soon laws will require ISPs to force subscribers to log any money transactions by their subscribers and deduct any taxes deemed applicable from their checking accounts immediately.
To: SoFloFreeper
...Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican. The difference between pubbies and democraps is ...
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:39:45 AM PST
by
Founding Father
(The War Against Western Civilization Has Begun)
To: BradJ
"It is now time for Congress to provide states...with the authority to require remote retailers to collect sales tax just as Main Street retailers do today," Enzi said. Four years ago, in a CNET News.com editorial, Enzi warned: "Other forms of taxes, such as property or income taxes, may then have to be increased to offset these lost revenues." Apparently Mr. Enzi is too stupid to realize that cutting government bloat can accomplish the same thing.
So far, 18 states have fully signed on. Those include Arkansas, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming. Twenty-two other states, including California, Illinois and Texas, have moved in this direction.
So glad to see my state, South Carolina, sees this madness for what it is.
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:40:26 AM PST
by
upchuck
(Article posts of just one or two sentences do not preserve the quality of FR. Lazy FReepers be gone!)
To: upchuck
And I'm impressed that my state, Florida, which lives or dies by the sales tax, is not on the list.
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:44:00 AM PST
by
VeniVidiVici
(What? Me worry?)
To: BradJ
Great plan to destroy the economy big-time. As usual in a free market economy, whole businesses are springing up and growing to support something new & of value to people - in this case the burgeoning on-line business environment. Taxes will put a major damper on it, add layers of bureaucracy (cost), and shut down new & vibrant businesses built around the Internet - which is the biggest current engine of economic growth we have.
We already have to pay shipping costs for on-line stuff, which often more than makes up for taxes. However, it's still worth doing to eliminate the hassle of driving around (good for environment) looking for something you can quickly find online. Plus the online world is more competitive, so you can usually find a better deal to offset the shipping costs. Throw taxes on top of shipping charges and we'll be forced back to the cave man days of driving all over kingdom come to hope to happen upon the right store that sells something for a reasonable price & actually has it in stock -- all to avoid draconian shipping charges PLUS taxes on top of anything you buy on-line.
The message to date has been obvious to modern retailers. Go on-line to grow your business, or risk going out of business. These "legislators" don't like this. They are out to maintain the status quo & protect mom & pop stores against progress and new competition presented by the Internet and on-line shoppers. Kind of like protecting the whip & buggy industry. Plus, they just can't keep their money-grubbing hands out of anything that involves growing revenues in the private sector. Greedy, knuckle-dragging jerks - no matter what party they're in.
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:46:34 AM PST
by
MCH
To: BradJ
Technically, you're supposed to estimate and pay these taxes voluntarily to your home state every April 15. But practically nobody does. Bullzogby. This NEVER was the case with mailorder catalog sales.
Your state sales tax could vary even within the state depending on which county the sale took place in. You didn't have to "make up the difference" to your home county.
Also sales tax was not due on Income Tax day. It can be quartely, monthly, or annually depending on how many sales you make in a year. My annual return followed the calendar year.
This guy is giving tax advice???
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:47:33 AM PST
by
weegee
(Christmas - the holiday that dare not speak its name.)
To: eleni121
The states...coming after everything they can get...states rights...yeah /s
I am a big states rights supporter. But the states already established a tax compact for this purpose....its called the Constitution. The Federal government, in this instance, is the compact's agent.
In this case, if anyone is going to tax internet sales it should be the federal government. Otherwise, it will be a whole bunch of states taxing interstate commerce. Just one of the things the union was set up to prevent.
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:47:39 AM PST
by
Arkinsaw
To: SlowBoat407
If you're going to tax us for shopping at home, at least open up ANWR so we can afford to go out for our taxation. Compromise? I say, since we're shopping online {conserving fuel} there should be NO tax !
Hey, if you're going to wish, might as well wish GOOD
To: BradJ
If you want to put a hamper on internet sales this is one sure way to do it. Thank You Senate for continuing to infringe on us with confiscatory taxes every chance you get /s.They can only do it if we permit it.
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:48:32 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: trebb
IIRC Rhino/Warner Entertainment in California charged me 9% sales tax for a shipment to Houston (where the top sales tax in Texas is 8.25%). I asked them why I was charged tax and at this rate. They never did clarify.
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:50:20 AM PST
by
weegee
(Christmas - the holiday that dare not speak its name.)
To: Havok
Politicians, in general, suck. All of them. It's the power that corrupts them, no doubt about it.
Just my two cents.
Make that 2.2 cents to cover the sales tax.
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:50:45 AM PST
by
capydick
(Merry Christmas)
To: BradJ
I'm finding sales taxes on many/most of my internet buys. What's up with that?
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posted on
12/22/2005 7:51:20 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: BradJ
`If you drive a car
they'll tax the street,
if you take a walk
they'll tax your feet . .
another Beatle golden oldie:
"You say you want a revolution . . ."
(Happiness is a warm gun, yes it is)
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