[Zon]

Politicians and bureaucrats in Michigan holding true to their parasitical elite ways. More theft under the color of law.

[Wolfie]

I was wondering when the Jenkins Act would begin rearing its ugly head.

[RandallFlagg]

PING!

[rockprof]

Just did our taxes here in NY and our CPA said the State of New York now wants to know, on the State income tax return, how much money you have spent purchasing things online (NOT just cigarettes - think Amazon.Com, E-Bay,etc.)for which sales tax wasn't collected.

I told her to tell the State of New York to go to hell but I think she just wrote "none" on the form. It's only a matter of time before these leeches get online businesses to collect sales taxes from every purchase.

[Gabz]

A 2002 report (click for .pdf) from the U.S. General Accounting Office said most states tax the sale of cigarettes, and that online sales have cost them millions of dollars in lost revenue.

I hate to tell them - but they can not lose that which they don't have. This so-called lost revenue were just predictions of how much they might collect, not what they actually collected.

[G.Mason]

"The Jenkins Act requires anyone who sells cigarettes into any state, to report those sales to each state monthly. This would include your name and order information.

Native Americans are exempt from the Jenkins Act because we are independent nations under our federal treaties. That is the reason that we do not pay, or collect, state taxes."

http://www.senecasmokes.com/the_jenkins_act.htm

[Raycpa]

The theft is from the tax cheats. We either have laws we follow or we have anarchy.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

And thank you Sheriff of Nottingham!

[Cultural Jihad]

File it under: Freewill choices freely chosen.

[T.Smith]

My own dislike of cigarettes not withstanding; this sucks! An issue of tax fairness my rear end. It's all about taking money away from people who earned it so it can be spent on projects that help nobody.

All of you smokers in Michigan need to get pen-pals in more tax friendly states. When it comes time to get cigarettes you just send them the money to buy them for you. Have the smokes mailed to you and keep the 'online retailers' out of it.

This sort of reminds me of when I bought a car on eBay. I flew out to Texas to pick it up and drove it home. About two weeks later I got a letter from the state of GA asking me to kindly remit to them $1200. They had to get their cut, ya' know? Heaven forbid I should spend MY money on MYSELF without sending the government their tribute.

[Tacis]

Surely, the Michigan politicians intend to get the taxes from the white, Christian, wealthy smokers and leave the poor, minority, disenfranchised smokers alone!

[Chad Fairbanks]

Laws that exempt online retailers from collecting sales taxes do not apply to tobacco excise taxes, the GAO report said.

This needs to change. Either tax nothing online (preferred) or tax it all. Period.

[redgolum]

Bookmark.
Interesting thread

[MarkL]

Something that I've been wondering about for quite some time now is the federal ban of states collecting sales tax on Internet sales... Somebody would need to really examine the law very closely. Does it exempt Internet sales of all taxes or just sales taxes? I wonder if someone could take this to a federal court, and claim that the sales are exempt...

Mark

[TheForceOfOne]

Trolls! They could care less of you dropped dead from smoking today but God help you if they don't get their cut!

Scumbag politicians at their best/worst.

[printhead]

"Asked", huh?

[George Frm Br00klyn Park]

No imposts between the various states; No EX POSTFACTO laws???

Guys, The above link is to an article about past transactions being taxed by the state. Is or isn't the U.S.A. Constitution with it's amendments the "LAW of the land"???? Peace and love, George.