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CA: State Senate OKs Internet tax bill (It's OK! 40 states already do it)
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| 5/9/03
| Laura Kurtzman
Posted on 05/09/2003 9:13:54 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:31:11 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The state Senate voted Thursday to force online retailers, such as barnesandnoble.com and Dell Computer, to charge sales tax to their California customers.
The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Dede Alpert, D-San Diego, is somewhat broader than a similar bill Gov. Gray Davis vetoed three years ago but said he would reconsider as the Internet matured.
(Excerpt) Read more at bayarea.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: bill; internettax; state
To: NormsRevenge
Power to tax = Power to destroy.
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05/09/2003 9:57:36 AM PDT
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backhoe
(Just an old keyboard cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the sunset...)
To: NormsRevenge
There has been a lot of dispute over the definition of "physical presence" between states retailers. How much of that $20 million windfall will the state spend in court suing companies who claim the law doesn't apply to them?
Not that it matters much. The states are working on a compact that would allow them to collect taxes from out-of-state companies without violating the interstate commerce clause. It's probably only a matter of time before all internet and mail-order sales are taxed.
To: Stay the course
Meant to type "between states and retailers".
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