Online Taxes Looming Large
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Sep25.html
And it looks like Amazon is one of the big players making a push for it. What I couldn't glean from the story above was, does this only apply to those people who make a purchase from a state where the online retailer has facilities?
It's already that way, isn't it? If I have to start paying taxes for every book I buy from Amazon, I may as well not do so in most cases because the price will come back fairly close to the B&N price. Might as well just pay the extra 5% or whatever right there at the store... can have the book the same day, pick one that isn't damaged, etc.
This pisses me off. Will suck even worse if we have to pay taxes to the likes of Smalldog.com, even if we don't live in (Vermont?). Poop.
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And it looks like Amazon is one of the big players making a push for it. What I couldn't glean from the story above was, does this only apply to those people who make a purchase from a state where the online retailer has facilities?
It's already that way, isn't it? If I have to start paying taxes for every book I buy from Amazon, I may as well not do so in most cases because the price will come back fairly close to the B&N price. Might as well just pay the extra 5% or whatever right there at the store... can have the book the same day, pick one that isn't damaged, etc.
This pisses me off. Will suck even worse if we have to pay taxes to the likes of Smalldog.com, even if we don't live in (Vermont?). Poop.
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I'm about to go militia on our Gov. Leave my Money alone.
I'm about to go militia on our Gov
One thing we certainly don't want to do is encourage small business.
Amazon just lost a customer.