The Senate has passed a bill that will allow states to tax online sales, even if the retailer does not have a brick-and-mortar presence in the state.
Passed by a margin of 69 to 27, the bill will now head to the House where it is expected to see bigger resistance despite a public backing by President Barack Obama.
Currently, states can only require retailers to collect sales tax if ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by Mr-Movies: That is true which is what makes this new taxing such a mess. If I'm buying from a NY store online and they want me to pay tax, it should be NY tax not the state I reside ins tax.
Oddly enough, New York or any state you don't live in has absolutely no authority to make you pay a tax levied in that state (obviously they can make you pay taxes if you physically travel to that state and are temporarily under its jurisdiction). This principle is deeply embedded into the Constitution and the federal system of states.
People can not read and comprehend, you only pay sales tax if your a online retail business that collects a million dollars or more in sales. The rest of you small time eBayer's have nothing to worry about. Another redneck Republican false panic attack of "Obama is an Alien and he is gonna' take all our guns away'!" Wake up people and get into reality please......for once.
Originally posted by aarowsmith: People can not read and comprehend, you only pay sales tax if your a online retail business that collects a million dollars or more in sales. The rest of you small time eBayer's have nothing to worry about. Another redneck Republican false panic attack of "Obama is an Alien and he is gonna' take all our guns away'!" Wake up people and get into reality please......for once.
That's not true the bill is 4,000 pages just like the healthcare crap and is full of riders and loop holes!
Originally posted by aarowsmith: People can not read and comprehend...
you small time eBayer's....
Another redneck Republican....
Wake up people and get into reality please...for once.
Name-calling liberals; just look under any rock...
Originally posted by aarowsmith: People can not read and comprehend...
you small time eBayer's....
Another redneck Republican....
Wake up people and get into reality please...for once.
Name-calling liberals; just look under any rock...
you mean look under a rock and find a trouble making World economy ruining so called conservative ??? I thought so.....
Originally posted by aarowsmith: People can not read and comprehend...
you small time eBayer's....
Another redneck Republican....
Wake up people and get into reality please...for once.
Name-calling liberals; just look under any rock...
you mean look under a rock and find a trouble making World economy ruining so called conservative ??? I thought so.....