And the brick and mortar stores or those internet retailers with a physical presence in the state don't have to do this also? The playing field has been leveled and you are upset because your advantage was taken away. If you are a mom and pop corner store, you would be saying "about damn time."
They do, but only in the single jurisdiction in which they conduct their business. One set of rules to know; one rate to apply; one report to file. Totally different situation.
Further, if this brick-and-mortar enterprise wants to sell on the internet and take full advantage (if there is one), they're free to do that as well.
Don't get sucked into the notion that what the States need is more access to your money. Let capitalism and the "invisible hand" of the market sort it out.
If I was selling in my own state, like brick and mortar, fine. But my customers are all across the US.
>>The playing field has been leveled and you are upset because your advantage was taken away. If you are a mom and pop corner store, you would be saying “about damn time.”
The advantage of the internet store is not sales tax. It is price, service, and availability. When Amazon started charging sales tax in Florida a year or two ago, I didn’t blink an eye. It had no effect on my purchasing habits since the 6.5% was nothing compared to having to drive across town and waste my time searching for a mom and pop that actually stocks what I need. I assign a value of $75 to my spare time, so an hour of driving around pays for a lot of internet sales tax.
The b2c mom and pops claim to offer better service, but in my experience, they simply do not. They just don’t keep the staff necessary to be much more than a cash register. All they do is move merchandise. (This is only for retail sale mom and pops. Service-only businesses are a different case altogether.)
Plus, they buy from the same internet that I do, mark up the merchandise, and then sell it. If a “special order” is involved (and it usually is because inventory is expensive), the wait time is longer than the 2 days wait for Amazon Prime, or even the 3-4 day wait for Jegs, Summit, American Muscle, B&H, etc.