True, the businesses are not being taxed.
They are effectively being enslaved. They are made into forced labor without compensation. They are forced by the full might of The State to be unpaid tax collectors.
At least the local brick and mortar stores theoretically get some benefit in the form of roads and other local infrastructure, distant entities get nothing.
Local mom and pop stores also theoretically get elected representation as to whether they must be unpaid tax collectors for their state, county/parish, and municipality.
obamacare was forced purchasing, this abomination is forced labor and effort.
If you love this, to be intellectually honest, you must also love obamacare.
You assume incorrectly. I am economically conservative as they come. I find nothing conservative about rules which give one player an advantage over the other in what should be a free and fair game.
Other than the IRS and equivalent state and local agencies, who is a paid tax collector?
They are effectively being enslaved. They are made into forced labor without compensation. They are forced by the full might of The State to be unpaid tax collectors.
Impressive hyperbole, but hardly persuasive. If you aren't smart enough to handle this requirement which literally hundreds of thousands of businesses do on a regular basis, then both Darwin and Adam Smith say you shouldn't be in a competition you can't handle.