Posted on 12/08/2007 5:55:48 PM PST by chicagolady
States are Losing Money This Holiday Season with On-Line sales Streamlined system makes it easier for retailers to collect sales taxes WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Steven Rauschenberger, past president of the National Conference of State Legislatures and the former assistant Republican leader of the Illinois Senate, will testify before the House Subcommittee on Administrative and Commercial Law in support of "The Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act" or H.R. 3396.
Sponsored in the House by Massachusetts Congressman William Delahunt and Illinois Congressman Ray LaHood, the bill responds to the eight-year effort by state legislators, governors and the private sector to streamline state sales taxes. There are now 22 states and more than 1,100 retailers voluntarily participating in the simplification effort, designed in part to allow states to collect sales taxes on Internet and other remote sales. The Delahunt-LaHood legislation would sanction the multistate agreement and would require sellers to collect sales taxes for states that conform to terms of the agreement.
"This effort to streamline sales tax collection is unprecedented in our nation's history. In less than six years, the states working together with the support of the private sector, developed a new sales tax system that is fairer, simpler, more uniform and is technologically applicable," Rauschenberger said. "However, our work to establish a truly seamless system is only half done. It is now Congress' turn to act."
In two separate decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that taxpayers owe taxes on purchases they make from retailers in other states. However, the court also said that sales tax systems were complicated and burdensome and, therefore, sellers are not legally obligated to collect the tax. The state streamlined movement and the Delahunt-LaHood bill are in direct response to the court’s decisions.
In his testimony, Senator Rauschenberger
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This useless creep is rearing his ugly head.
The feds and states (that use it) are making it up in spades in income tax.
How can they lose something that they don't have and doesn't belong to them?
So to them I say, the Internet is just offering the prices that local merchants simply won't.
So stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
Hey states, it’s not YOUR money.
Maryland is certainly missing out on our Christmas business this year. With the exception of foodstuffs, our goal is to do 100% of our shopping online.
Finished all my shopping a week before Thanksgiving. Low prices, free shipping, no taxes, and received everything in one week. Plus I spent zero on gas. Anyone want to buy my carbon credits?
I think that blob that won the Nobel Prize who claims Tennessee as his base is in the market.
T.S.
Congressman Billybob
“States are Losing Money This Holiday Season “
Isn’t that a damm shame...
Yet. ":^/
I’ve done 85% of my shopping online. I take extreme delight in knowing I’m depriving the idiots in Lansing (MI) my hard-earned dollars, especially since they hiked our income tax and the tax on gasoline is high because 1) gas is expensive in MI and 2) they add on 6% sales tax.
Sites like Amazon, Buy.com, Ebates and Pricegrabber have been my BFF’s this year.
You want to help me build a wall on the southern border to prevent further Massification of the state?
Government is not able to skim as much money from those who earn the money. In which case the government is unable to redistribute said money to those who did not work for it.
It’s way too late for that to do any good :(
ML/NJ
Tar. Feathers. If that doesn’t work, tie him to something heavy and toss him in Boston Harbor...
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