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Obama, Congress Poised to End Tax-Free Internet Shopping
http://www.butasforme.com/2009/04/20/obama-and-congress-poised-to-end-tax-free-internet-shopping/ ^ | 04/20/2009 | BAFM

Posted on 04/20/2009 8:56:03 AM PDT by wrrock

congress and Obama have their eyes on the Internet to help fund more government spending. Congress is expected to introduce a bill this week that would require Amazon.com, L.L. Bean, eBay, Cabela’s and other online merchants to collect sales tax on all online purchases and return that money to the state in which the purchaser resides.

The new bill rewrites the ground rules for mail order and Internet sales by eliminating what its supporters view as a “loophole” that, in many cases, allows Americans to shop over the Internet without paying sales taxes.

Currently, Americans who shop over the Internet from out-of-state vendors aren’t always required to pay sales taxes at the time of purchase. Californians buying books from Amazon.com or cameras from Manhattan’s B&H Photo, for example, won’t pay sales taxes at checkout time that they would if shopping at a local mall because their headquarters are located out-of-state.

http://www.butasforme.com/2009/04/20/obama-and-congress-poised-to-end-tax-free-internet-shopping/

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bho44; bhotaxincrease; congress; ecommerce; internettaxes; obama; taxes; teaparty; urlisnotthesource
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1 posted on 04/20/2009 8:56:03 AM PDT by wrrock
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To: wrrock

They intend to end all tax free human activity.


2 posted on 04/20/2009 8:58:31 AM PDT by Williams (It's The Policies, Stupid.)
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To: wrrock
We warned about this when they started, retroactively, collecting state tax on internet tobacco purchases.

No one listened then.

The government will take a mile if they are given an inch.

3 posted on 04/20/2009 8:58:58 AM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: wrrock

Since when did the federal government have the right to tell states what to tax?


4 posted on 04/20/2009 8:59:01 AM PDT by wk4bush2004 (SARAH PALIN, 2012!!!!!!!)
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To: wk4bush2004

We ordered an item from Home Depot over the weekend. Their website states that law obligates them to charge tax.

We won’t be ordering from THEM any longer.


5 posted on 04/20/2009 9:01:12 AM PDT by yobid (2012 can not get here soon enough)
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To: wk4bush2004

Good question!


6 posted on 04/20/2009 9:01:46 AM PDT by cvq3842
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To: wk4bush2004

Oooo! Ooo! I know! I know! Pick me!

January 20th, 2009?


7 posted on 04/20/2009 9:01:56 AM PDT by YoungHickey ("Those who say it can't be done should not interupt those doing it.")
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To: wk4bush2004
This is interstate commerce, and if they structured it right, they could make this turd Constitutional. However, how the hell is an internet retailer going to keep track of ALL tax jurisdictions in the United States?

Look at how many jurisdictions are in existence just in New York State!

NY PUB-718: New York State Sales and Use Tax Rates by Jurisdiction

8 posted on 04/20/2009 9:02:05 AM PDT by Dan Nunn (Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise. -The Great One)
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To: wk4bush2004
Since when did the federal government have the right to tell states what to tax?

January 21, 2009

9 posted on 04/20/2009 9:02:05 AM PDT by tx_eggman (Clinton was our first black President ... Obama is our first French President.)
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To: wrrock

I guess this will not hurt/apply to those making less then 250000 dollars (sarc)


10 posted on 04/20/2009 9:02:31 AM PDT by italianquaker ( Something stinks in DC, oh it is just B.O)
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To: Dan Nunn

“Look at how many jurisdictions are in existence just in New York State!”

OMG!!!!!!! No wonder New York is so messed up!


11 posted on 04/20/2009 9:03:54 AM PDT by wk4bush2004 (SARAH PALIN, 2012!!!!!!!)
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To: wrrock

Hasn’t something like this been tried ever since internet shopping became popular? Seems like it pops up every couple of years or so.


12 posted on 04/20/2009 9:04:06 AM PDT by stuartcr (If the end doesn't justify the means...why have different means?)
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To: yobid

Home Depot has for a long time had to charge tax, because they have physical facilities (i.e. stores) in all 50 states. This bill will force companies that have never set foot in a particular state to start collecting taxes for them. Not a surprise as this has been nearly as high on the Dimocrat wish-list as Card Check for a very long time.

But just remember....Obama won’t raise one penny of taxes on anyone making under $75K....oy vey!


13 posted on 04/20/2009 9:07:08 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: yobid
We ordered an item from Home Depot over the weekend. Their website states that law obligates them to charge tax.

This has been the case for some time. If there's a "brick and mortar" store in your state, on-line sales require a sales tax.

14 posted on 04/20/2009 9:08:05 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: wrrock

The timing is perfect for this tax. It will help fund the criminal class and also usher in a speedy economic recovery.//sarcasm off//


15 posted on 04/20/2009 9:08:22 AM PDT by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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IOW buying from OUTSIDE the united state will INCrEASE.

Tech retailers will simply set up offshore internet storefronts.

This is just as much about killing ecconomic growth.


16 posted on 04/20/2009 9:08:30 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: rhombus; Buckeye McFrog
If there's a "brick and mortar" store in your state, on-line sales require a sales tax.

Absolutely correct. New York, on the cutting edge of finding ways to tax its citizens, recently passed a law (upheld by the state Supreme Court) that characterizes "affiliates" (independent people who may operate a storefront on Amazon or post links to Amazon to which they get paid referral money) as a presence inside New York State, and therefore subjects them to state taxation.

It's been termed the Amazon Tax because it applies most famously to Amazon.com.

17 posted on 04/20/2009 9:11:47 AM PDT by Dan Nunn (Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise. -The Great One)
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To: wrrock

What's the over/under on Amazon.com moving to Switzerland?


18 posted on 04/20/2009 9:11:48 AM PDT by Nick Danger (I am Obama of Borg. Allegiance is futile. You will be capitulated.)
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To: wk4bush2004
Since when did the federal government have the right to tell states what to tax?

The States have been 'pushing' the Feds for this.

19 posted on 04/20/2009 9:12:15 AM PDT by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: wrrock

What “loophole” are they talking about?
The law now allows this, so it is not a “loophole”.


20 posted on 04/20/2009 9:13:30 AM PDT by DMG2FUN
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