Internet Sales Tax

[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. AND I don't think it ever has. It is simply too difficult to enforce so the masses have said, "No Bueno" Brick and mortar stores selling to people walking thru a door or via the WWW, I don't see the difference. Only dispute is what state to send the tax to, the buyers or the sellers. I can see some instances of double the tax if your the seller being audited after your customer voluntarily paid the sales tax in another state.
Florida had a month of sales tax amnesty last year. It was their attempt to get businesses within the State to ante-up for products purchased without sales tax. ("Amnesty" for those wondering, is the state forgiving the penalty on the tax being late..)
"Every transaction" requires sales tax according to the Florida Dept. of Revenue. Like every time a car is sold, which could be a bunch of times, sales tax is paid.. I disagree with it all, I mean I don't like it. We sell lumber at a small margin, the state gets 7% of everything we sell and we often have to send off the sales tax before we have even collected the money from the customer. Then the way they force you to do it all online and the state swipes the money directly from your account. Nazi-MF ers.