Posted on 07/18/2008 9:59:21 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON — Mayor Bloomberg is siding strongly with the Paterson administration and against three New York lawmakers in the debate over whether Albany can tax out-of-state companies who do business in New York.
Seeking millions in added tax revenues, the administration this spring enacted a pair of provisions to assess business taxes against out-of-state banks that issue credit cards in New York and to force online retailers such as Amazon.com to collect state and local sales taxes on goods shipped to the state. Those changes could be undercut by a federal bill backed by Senator Schumer and Reps. Anthony Weiner and Gregory Meeks that would restrict the ability of states to collect taxes from companies with no "physical presence" in the state.
Weighing in on the issue yesterday, the mayor said it was a matter of fairness for a Web site such as Amazon.com to pay the same tax rate as a local bookstore.
"If you are going to have a tax system, one of the essences of it should be that it is fair," Mr. Bloomberg told reporters, responding to an article in yesterday's New York Sun. "And it just inherently makes no sense whatsoever to tax you if you want to buy a book from Amazon differently than if you want to buy a book from a bookstore. I'd feel the same way about the food vendor with the cart outside or the coffee vendors. They should be paying the same kind of sales taxes as somebody who rents a store and sells coffee from that store."
The mayor said it "probably wasn't the worst idea" for governments to extend a tax break to online retailers when the Internet was "in its infancy."
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
They’d better hurry up and pass this...there’s still some flickers of economic activity in NY, and if they don’t keep taxing so much, there’s a danger it might flare up!
What services does Amazon get from the state and city of New York? The bookstore gets police, fire, water and a other services from New York. I guess Bloomie wants Amazon to pay to get absolutely nothing.
Mo Money .. Mo Money .. Mo Money!
The sinkhole still has a way to go before its filled up
Soak the people! YEAH, thats the ticket! Soak 'em completely, hit 'em HARD!
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If it moves, tax it
If it continues to move, regulate it
When it stops moving, subsidize it
---- Ronald Reagan ----
The blind leading those who would rob you blind.
Mo’ money to p*** down a sewer...
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
When it comes to sneaky, underhanded and straight up illegal ways of inventing new taxes, you can always count on California, New York and New Jersey being the vanguard to try it out.
States who are ‘addicted to tax dollars’ (I like using liberal language against them) seem to be the ones who are willing to trample over their own states constitutions, the law, The Constitution or the rights of some other states citizens or corporations in order to find more taxable resources.
Like most libs, swishy Bloomberg never saw a tax he didn’t like.
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