As a responsible citizen of Wisconsin, I'll be cooperating fully, not.
Do they think we're really that stupid?
We're drowning in government.
/johnny
Ping to Wisconsin Freepers.
“Do they think we’re really that stupid?”
No, but the cost of the letters is probably more than made up for in the tiny bit of compliance they get. Where it gets nastier is what other states are starting to do - which is make you declare on your state income tax form that you have indeed paid all sales and use tax owed.
...then it will just be a matter of getting Amazon’s records and seeing just how honest a given taxpayer has been.
Not as easy to do here in Texas (LOL) as we don’t have an state income tax, and thus we don’t have a way to declare anything.
Just a friendly gesture for the state of Wisconsin in recommending an appropriate response to this.
BITE ME!!
Whereas an out of state purchase encounters none of these services. I could possibly see an argument made that if the item is purchased from a particular state, they can charge sales taxes on the item even if it is shipped out of state. No one wants to do that, because as soon as a state does it, online stores will flee it in droves in favor of a state that doesn't charge such taxes.
I wish state legislatures would pay even half as much attention to embezzlement by public employees through high benefits, high salaries and bonuses as they pay towards the ‘capture’ of taxes they feel they are owed. Job one should be the care of the people's money - then maybe you can start worrying about tax evaders.
I’d be glad to pay the sales tax if the state will pay my shipping.
Dear government: urge THIS
Jean S: “Do they think we’re really that stupid?”
Two thoughts...
1) Paying taxes that are due is the moral thing to do.
2) An unenforced tax that relies on voluntary compliance both penalizes the moral and encourages the dishonest.
What about those taxes on stuff I bought at garage sales? More taxes means more tax evasion and the black market.
I am sure the Wisconsin paupers will do it as a token to their Marxist overseers.
It beats NYS’ method of ASSUMING you bought stuff on which you didn’t pay sales/use tax and just charge use tax based upon income....
We moved from NYS in 2010 and are filing for the last part of unemployment/severance pay and they want $68 use tax... we can’t get out of it...ARGHHH
I’m so glad this is the LAST year we have to file NYs tax!!!
I used to have to send a form to the state of WI for my business quarterly to declare (and pay) any tax I owed for out of state purchases for office supplies, etc. for my business. Materials used in building a product we build for resale are not taxed. So, this report and tax were for office supplies, etc. As a result I make it a practice to never buy from businesses (such as Quill which is in IL) who don’t charge me tax at the point of purchase. It is just too much trouble to figure out taxes owed.
I no longer am required to file that form. I don’t know why that changed, but I’m glad. If you forget to file it, they just assess an arbitrary tax. So I’d go from $0 tax owed to their estimate of $800 tax owed. Ouch!
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