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Originally Posted by RidgeRunner

I agree with you, govt. spending is out of control.
BUT
Sales tax on interweb sales is due to the state, not the Feds.
So the Feds have their house in order and are going forward with this groundbreaking legislation? IMHO another cluster..
Just because a sale was made via the internet should not relieve the interested parties from their sales tax. .

Well, yes and no.

What is happening here is that right now sales tax on internet sales is ONLY due if the buyer lives in the same state as the seller. This new law would make it so that someone living in a different state would still have to pay the sales tax of the sellers state.

When the internet came into being, congress passed a law that made sales tax on the internet illegal except for the way I've just outlined. But the big brick and mortar stores are now spending massive amounts of money thru their PACS trying to get Congress to change the law. The reason is simple. Increased profits through less competition. They want to force small internet start up companies out of business. By having to track, collect and pay to the states sales taxes it will put a huge amount of strain on a small mom and pop store selling out of their living room. Plus, think about it. It will FORCE people to work for FREE for the government. They don't get paid for the amount of time or effort they need to spend in order to do the paperwork to tax, collect and send the taxes in. Big brick and mortar stores could care less, they already have to do that anyway, so it's an easy way to drive out the competition. This whole campaign is being funded by the large brick and mortar stores. But the result will be the same for ALL of us. It WILL COST MORE to buy something on the internet. Cheaper prices will become a thing of the past, and THAT is why we must fight this.