Posted on 02/01/2012 3:59:04 PM PST by kara2008
The Senate has confirmed our fears and on Thursday they will be proposing a new tax on Internet purchases. During a full-fledged recession, leave it to the Florida Legislature to propose a new tax - and one that they have questionable constitutional authority to enact.
On Thursday morning the Senate Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, chaired by Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, will propose SB 7206 for consideration.
This bill would institute a new sales tax on Internet purchases if the retailer uses affiliates or referrals in the state. This bill aims to tax transactions by companies like Amazon, and has been proposed in a number of other states.
Despite what the bills proponents would like people to think, it will in fact harm Floridians by eliminating revenue for those companies that refer business. Similar proposals have also failed to bring in the revenue wind-fall many claimed they would.
To sum it up - SB 7206 is a tax increase through and through and we must put a stop to this bad bill!
Click here to read AFP's letter in opposition to SB 7206.
Click here to take action and voice your opposition to SB 7206
FL ping!
Not sure what various internet vendors are doing on this issue, but my most recent purchase from Amazon (a Kindle ebook download) had an 8% tax charge added to the invoice. It didn’t specify what type tax it was, but 8% is the sales tax rate where I live.
Just double-checked. A $12.99 Kindle ebook and a charge of $14.03. I wonder if others are getting tax charges from Amazon?
And last night I entered an order for something from Office Max and was charged sales tax. Didn’t place the order, but decided to just pick the item up at a nearby store. I don’t know if OM ships online orders from a warehouse or from retail stores.
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