OT Amazon to begin charging state sales tax

[krw]

Tax at greater than zero? You bet! Everyone should have skin in the game.

You're nuts.

Well, most of the rest of the world has an IQ > 3.

[BobR]

You don't!

[krw]

There you go, lying to yourself again. Don't worry, we're just laughing at you.

[Han]

Thanks!

[Han]

" [e-mail]" wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Whoever laughs last, laughs best!

[BobR]

You must suffer from a multiple personality disorder since you are the only one laughing.

[josephkk]

consequence,

Let's see, the sales tax advantage ranges from 0 to 9 percent, thereabouts. The typical price advantage shopping online ranges from nothing to 30 percent or more, with 15 to 25 percent being most common. Sounds to me like the price advantage dominates the tax advantage. Moreover i like being able to trade off have it now versus better price, and mucking with the taxes would not really change that. It is just a = tax grab.

Thus: not that important, let alone clearly not unfair.

?-)

[Robert Baer]

Wake up; it is NOT "unfair". Why? A local store, by setting up a website creates a lower cost "channel" for sales, the (extra) profits from which can be used to lower in-store prices and thus be MORE competitive.

[BobR]

Only if the local store makes all of its sales outside of its own state, assuming the store is in a state with sales tax. Any and all sales within the state rather from the store front or from internet sales must have sales tax calculated for the sales area. If the retailer has a location in any of the states where sales tax is collected, it must then calculate for that state as well.

This is the reason Amazon has gotten in trouble in a number of states. In Texas they have been hit with a $291 million dollar claim for uncollected sales tax because they have setup a distribution warehouse in the state and as such have a physical presense in the state requiring them to collect sales tax on all sales in the state rather those sales result in goods shipped from their warehouse or from out of state. California has decided to impose the same intrepretation on Amazon and is seeking millions as well. Amazon thought it could sidestep the laws and now is finding that it might be better to accept a common approach rather than risk huge penalties.

[krw]

HaHaHaHaHaHaHa! You're funny!

[Robert Baer]

"ONLY"??? Bull..NO sales people to pay makes for a large savings; sales tax is not a part of THAT equation..