[T.Smith]

Let me see if I understand this correctly; somebody buys the tickets and pays a tax on them. Then, they turn around and resell the tickets and the city wants to tax them again. Am I correct, or do I not understand the process?

[Sometimes A River]

Government never ever has anough of your money.

You owe them.

[Tanniker Smith]

A sale is a sale and a sales tax is a sales tax ... unless it's on the Internet. (However, if it's an in-state transaction, I believe it can still be taxed legally.)

Of course, in New York, we just call this scalping.

[ManORight]

Isn't that kind of like turning their ticket tax into a VAT?

[Lokibob]

You have it right. greedy gov't.

What I don't understand is how you can get a hotel room to sell on the internet without paying taxes on it.

[NJ_gent]

"Let me see if I understand this correctly; somebody buys the tickets and pays a tax on them. Then, they turn around and resell the tickets and the city wants to tax them again. Am I correct, or do I not understand the process?"

You're just not thinking like a government man. You see, the ticket broker is entertained by their job of selling the tickets. So really, not only should the broker be taxed when they buy the tickets and the end user taxed when they buy the tickets; the broker should be taxed again when they sell the tickets. That goes on top of sales taxes, which are levied on purchases made with money left over from income taxes, often used for purchasing items subject to import taxes, transported by vehicles paying gas taxes, and produced by companies paying corporate taxes.

When you think about the number of times any given dollar gets taxed as its path through purchasing is traced, it's truly staggering. One wonders how anyone affords anything at all.

[hayseed]

Sounds like the City of OKC. They charge you a
$5 permit to hold a garage sale and send you a tax remittance form to collect tax on your sales.

[armydoc]

Let me see if I understand this correctly; somebody buys the tickets and pays a tax on them. Then, they turn around and resell the tickets and the city wants to tax them again. Am I correct, or do I not understand the process?

I don't think that's correct. I believe the "first" consumer is obligated to pay sales taxes, and subsequent resales are exempt. If you declare yourself a distributor or merchant, I believe you are sales tax exempt but then must collect sales tax when you sell the goods. At Sam's Club, you can declare yourself a merchant, fill out a form, and avoid sales taxes on the goods you buy if you are going to resell them. You aren't obligated to collect sales tax when you resell your car or any other item you own, are you?