[Perdogg]

If you buy anything from Amazon, the sales tax will be charged and collected now in VA.

[sickoflibs]

After CA figured out how to presssure Amazon to collect those taxes the rest will follow, CA first, VA second.

That is why Amazon wants that Senate tax enforcement bill passed now, just as Walmarts does,.

This is chance for smaller online sales companies to take advantage that they cant be similarly pressured as easily.

[Wyatt's Torch]

Started in Georgia Sept 1st too...

[from occupied ga]

Georgia too. The f***** G****** a******* in the Ga legislature passed a further extortion to force on-line retailers to shake down their customers. A number still don't, but the greed of politicians has no upper bound. I'm not sure why I should pay a "sales tax" in the first place, but paying a GA sales tax on purchases not made in the state of GA is nothing but theft pure and simple.

[longtermmemmory]

This just means more sales from websites other than amazon.

[LibLieSlayer]

Virginia... a once great AMERICAN state.

LLS

[Maelstorm]

Gotta love soft conservatives like Bob. The problem I have with the idea is it is wrong headed. If I go to FL and buy a refrigerator I’m not required to pay VA state taxes on it even if I bring it back into the state. I will have course paid FL taxes on it. The only justification for state taxes applied to the internet is that taxes be collected in the state where the online vendor operates its business which I find reasonable though of course that model would cause internet retailers to base operations in low state tax states which I believe would be good. States would then compete for online retailer business. That of course is not what is wanted. The powers at be instead want to be able to force an online business in VA to collect taxes not just for the state it operates in but for potentially all 50 states which of course will have the affect of forcing the smaller businesses out of business while Amazon grows and grows.

[Maelstorm]

Here is an example:
http://www.revenue.wi.gov/faqs/ise/usetax.html#use2

These types of things aren’t enforced usually because of obvious reasons which is why they are targeting big online retailers which of course is why big online retailers are lobbying Congress with big $ so the circle of corruption remains unbroken.

[Maelstorm]

Interestingly enough there are 5 states without use taxes.

Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon
http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2012/11/24/you-can-still-escape-sales-tax-online/

[CharlesWayneCT]

Sadly, the state sales tax will still increase, unless they change the law or congress passes the sales tax collection act.

I think that with Amazon collecting the sales tax, that should be sufficient for the state to rescind the tax increase they voted on to cover the loss of tax revenue from tax cheaters.

[1010RD]

Amazon is making a Faustian bargain on sales taxes. They have a logistics and economy of scale advantage that won’t last.