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You say that there is no difference between an Internet tax and a sales tax in the store. But you're wrong. With 11,000 separate tax jurisdictions and rates in the US, taxing sales online is a huge burden on net firms. And, government regulation, oversight, retaliation, and discipline will invade the Internet under the guise of collecting back taxes. This is what you're letting in the back door under the pretense of "fairness". Sorry if you cannot see it that way. That doesn't change the fact of it.
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05-08-2013, 09:26 PM
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There are over 41,000 zip codes and if you search the web there are FREE spreadsheet databases that tie zip code into sales tax rate for that zipcode. Any local computer guy could customize that database to tie into your accounts payable/receivable database for less than what you pay for your general accounting software.
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05-08-2013, 10:06 PM
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Sometimes the defining line can be the even/odd side of the street. Even if you have software to calculate the tax (and there are providers licking their chops hoping) the issue of remittance and auditing is huge. Suppose someone from Illinois places a ten dollar order with a New Hampshire company? New Hampster (Live Free or Die) doesn't have a sales tax. Illinois has state tax, county tax , local tax, etc... We are talking pennys of tax due but the seller needs to keep track of what jurisdiction is due what. How often does each tax jurisdiction want to get paid? Some monthly, some quarterly? What if any jurisdiction thinks an online seller is under reporting? Can a county in Peoria audit a seller in New Hampster? The obvious solution would seem to be a Federal agency to act as a clearing house to make reporting and remittance simpler. Do you see where this is going?
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