California Now Collecting Sales Taxes From Online Retailers

cbs2la ^ | 04/02/2019

[BenLurkin]

Starting this week, companies are now required to charge you if you live in California.

If you order something online from merchants with a brick-and-mortar store in California like Target or Kohls, consumers pay California sales tax. But buying something online from stores that don’t have an actual store in California, until now, didn’t charge a sales tax.

California has now closed that loophole.

The state law changed on April 1. Now, it doesn’t matter if an out-of-state company has a real store in California or not, online transactions

[DoughtyOne]

Outrageous!

[DoughtyOne]

The taxers are out there of control.

[SunkenCiv]

:^) He knows it wouldn't pass. I'd be surprised if he could find a co-sponsor.

[Lean-Right]

So, how did they get around the “taxation without
representation” thing?

[jurroppi1]

It is out of control. I got the annual property tax assessment notice in the mail last week, they claim somehow in 2020 the estimated market value of my home will be 37K greater than it is now with no improvements and the taxable value of my home is 40K more than the previous year. They do this to decrease the impact of the FMV exclusion (homestead) and at the same time reduce the FMV exemption benefit. The net is my taxes always go up at least a few hundred bucks a year.

It’s insanity!

[DoughtyOne]

No matter how much they tax us, it’s never quite enough.

[Svartalfiar]

If you order something online from merchants with a brick-and-mortar store in California like Target or Kohls, consumers pay California sales tax. But buying something online from stores that don’t have an actual store in California, until now, didn’t charge a sales tax.

Well yea, that's the whole tax nexus thing.

California has now closed that loophole.

And how are they planning to enforce this? Sure, a bunch of companies will do it voluntarily, as it doesn't touch their bottom line, it's all charged to the consumer. But for companies that don't bother? If they don't voluntarily pay the tax, what is CA going to do to them? Nothing..?