I have a friend who sells things online and charges sales tax to people from New York and California.
She calls it ‘unearned profits’.
The fact that they see fit to name it the “fairness” act tells me it is anything but.
Follow the money. Retail industry lobbyists have been getting these guys fed, drunk and laid.
I guess they don’t care how much stress that will put on businesses to file 50 different sales tax returns.
I’ve always had mixed emotions on this. It was great buying from Amazon with no sales tax, but it’s definitely a penalty for local business.
Every day, EVERY DAY they come after more and more and MORE of what we own and produce. They NEVER NEVER NEVER stop. And the Republicans are just as bad about it as the Communist Democrats.
People don’t have a bottomless pit of money. Funnel away 10% for new taxes and there will be 10% less going to online businesses.
So I guess Brick and Mortars will now be asking where the buyer lives and sending in the tax paid to the buyers city or state- I thought not it will stay in the local jurisdiction of where the shop is. Same for on line it goes to wherever the online store has a physical presence.
This will not help Brick and Mortars to make more money. I buy online because it is convenient to me and I can find lost of different items.
Does Congress have the authority to dictate when and where state and local taxes are collected?
This crap again?? Why did we even bother electing a GOP-controlled Senate? And I suppose this is the kind of thing they’ll really fight “tooth and nail” for because it benefits some business interests.
Mike Enzi is from Wyoming.
Are you kidding me?
Not like there is a big box store every 50 miles.
As usual envy, death, and every evil work..........
Never about praising and blessing true beauty and innovation.
Punish innovation with every evil motive......instead of....
......Rewarding the Brick and Mortars with incentives to compete and market their own products out of state online too.
Same evil that has cast death on competition in the election process and body mortgage extortion care.
Blessing vs curse
I don’t have a lot of pity for brick and mortar store’s whines.
I work for an internet retail company. The company itself has been around for 60 years. They were a brick and mortar...and still locally maintain a brick and mortar.
But they saw what was happening on the internet years ago and developed a website so they could do business online. They have been successfully marketing their products online for the last 15 years.
If a brick and mortar thinks the internet retailers have an advantage, well, build a website and become an online retailer.
Meet The New Boss - Same As The Old Boss
All that hard work to get republican majorities elected in congress and the senate is really starting to pay off.
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I thought that the Senate wasn’t allowed to initiate tax bills.
I have posted before that this is intended to run the small businesses off of the Web.
If it passes, all businesses will have to collect taxes. Initially, it would be for state taxes. But counties and cities would demand to be added soon thereafter.
IIRC, there are over 6,000 individual districts within the US that have their own sales tax.
The ‘paperwork’ will drive small businesses out of business.
TN ought to be ashamed of itself. Corker and Alexander are a disgrace.
Gee, I am so glad we now have the Republicans in charge of the Senate - NOT!!!
I sure wish that some group would form a new political party - the Conservative Party of America. We need something other than the Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee parties that we currently have.
When did Enzi go over to the dark side?
Any of my guys vote for higher taxes and they’re done. I’m going to write them to tell them so. BTT