Posted on 07/16/2012 2:29:10 PM PDT by JeepersFreepers
Republican governors, eager for new revenue to ease budget strains, are dropping their longtime opposition to imposing sales taxes on online purchases, a significant political shift that could soon bring an end to tax-free sales on the Internet.
The newfound support among Republicans is a dramatic change from just a few months ago.
[N.J. Gov. Chris]Christie called taxation of online sales "an important issue to all the nation's governors" and endorsed federal legislation giving all states taxing authority.
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I know there are states that have a sales tax that’s not uniform throughout the state...”local option” I think it’s called.I guess that’s a special case...I was thinking more along the lines of state-to-state transactions.
Gov. Perry and his people have already taken on Amazon to collect tax money for Texas and it was to start this month so I guess it did.
A pox on governors for doing this and I live in Texas. Perry wanted more of my money and your money if you live in Texas.
Gov. Perry and his people have already taken on Amazon to collect tax money for Texas and it was to start this month so I guess it did.
A pox on governors for doing this and I live in Texas. Perry wanted more of my money and your money if you live in Texas.
What’s supposed to happen is if they have a presence in the state of the buyer they charge sales tax. If they don’t the buyer is supposed to self report and pay the sales tax on their own. All this got solved ages ago with mail order catalogs, somehow the internet just chose to ignore it.
When Republicans join the Democrats in wanting to raise taxes, where do we turn?
Tea party just like 1765
“I was thinking more along the lines of state-to-state transactions”
Oh, the same holds true state to state. Here’s the Kansas shakedown (note the last sentence):
The vehicle will need to be returned to Kansas in order to obtain a motor vehicle examination*, form MVE-1, from the Kansas Highway Patrol or their designee. Kansas residents out of Kansas but wanting to make application for a Kansas title and registration need to refer to the inspection question in these FAQ’s. The assigned out of state title and the MVE-1 or the completed TR-65 inspection will need to be submitted to your county treasurer’s motor vehicle office along with proof of insurance to make application for title and registration. Sales tax will be collected at the time of application.
I don't understand why you think this is helpful to Obama? It seems to me that a tax increase under Obama would be harmful to him.
A *state* has a right to tax, dammit. Such a tax is local and subject to LOCAL authorities.
I am glad to live in a STATE that doesn’t tax income. We attract lots of business because of that...
What part of the Tenth Amendment are we not understanding here on FR?
If a TAX on online purchases is a bad idea OR a good idea, that should be up to Californians to decide for Californians, for Floridians to decide for Floridians, and for Hoosiers to decide for Indiana.
Yes,that's true in at least some states and it's probably true in all that have a sales tax.But politicians know that few,if any,people who are required to report do so.I could tell you an interesting story regarding a dispute that Massachusetts (high sales tax) recently had with neighboring New Hampshire (no sales tax).Maybe I'll look for a link to a story about it...unbelievable chutzpah shown by the tax pigs that run Massachusetts.
Yeah most folks don’t self report, which in the old days was probably OK by the state because the amount of paperwork generated would have been more than the revenue. The target has really always been the businesses, higher revenue per form ratio. Things got strange for the internet because companies “forgot” they’re basically mail order and didn’t bother to apply local sales tax on local customers and the states just let it happen. Now of course government officials being government officials they’re approaching it like it’s something new that needs a news tax structure, it doesn’t they’re mail order companies mail order related tax laws apply.
Damn...can’t find a good link that works.Summary:Massachusetts demands that a tire company in NH (no sales tax) that installs tires on cars with Mass plates collect 5% (at the time it was 5%) sales tax and remit the money to the Mass Treasury.The tire store refused and the NH legislature quickly passed a law making it illegal for any company to do so.So the joke was on the Rat Party tax pigs of Massachusetts.
So, voting for Obama helps all of us affected people? Your statement makes absolutely no sense.
What part of the Tenth Amendment are we not understanding here on FR?
If a TAX on online purchases is a bad idea OR a good idea, that should be up to Californians to decide for Californians, for Floridians to decide for Floridians, and for Hoosiers to decide for Indiana.
This is absolutely worth repeating and screaming from the rooftops!
no, this just means shippers and overseas sellers are about to have a glory days.
Why buy here when you can buy tax free elsewhere.
You would think that all the Christie supporters here would have learned their lessons about this GOP fraud. He’s NOT a conservative!
Right out of THE PLAYBOOK
And this household is preparing for like dark leverage of Phony-Care, under Hillary Romney.
I merely suggest taxation of internet sales shouldn't be a pre-election topic. Voters have long memories and many (both political persuasions) have already tightened up their spending habits. The other half (Obama voters) are likely to retain their entitlements of disability income, welfare and food stamps with no obligations to recipients.
This election is going to be tough, even given what we know about Obama and what he's done in the past 3-1/2 years.
No. There were never "tax-free sales" on the internet -- just tax cheats who don't report their purchases.
Every state which has a sales tax requires their residents to report all purchases, online or otherwise, when the tax is not collected at the point of sale. The push now is to get the federal government to enable the collection of the sales tax on internet purchases, so that people can't cheat on their taxes (increasing the burden on the law-abiding citizens, which USED to include most conservatives).
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