OT: Internet Sales Tax Passes the U.S. Senate

[Eric Cope]

http://blog2.easydns.org/2013/05/07/go-ahead-pass-the-internet-tax-your-foreign-competitors-thank-you-in-advance/


On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> I also envision allot of quote building instead of online direct purchase.
> On May 7, 2013 1:43 PM, "keith smith" <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> Great idea.  Phone orders only, placed through a local terminal not the
>> website.  Excellent!!
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>> --- On *Tue, 5/7/13, James Finstrom <jfinstrom at rhinoequipment.com>*wrote:
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>> From: James Finstrom <jfinstrom at rhinoequipment.com>
>> Subject: Re: OT: Internet Sales Tax Passes the U.S. Senate
>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
>> Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 10:11 AM
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>> I predict "call to order" then the sale is not an "internet sale".
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>> Much like companies are cutting employee hours to avoid obamacare people
>> will find a way to avoid this.
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>> James Finstrom
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>> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 9:19 AM, JD Austin <jd at twingeckos.com<http://mc/compose?to=jd@twingeckos.com>
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>> Great.. one more way to KILL small business by making them less
>> competitive and increasing their overhead.  Companies will just adapt to
>> this BS (and regular employees will pay for it).. getting close to
>> 1M/year... time to SPLIT THE COMPANY.
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>> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com<http://mc/compose?to=lisakachold@obnosis.com>
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>> Keith:
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>> On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 8:48 AM, keith smith <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>
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>> The U.S. Senate passed the Internet Sales Tax Bill.  Jeff Flake's office
>> says he voted against it and John McCain's office said he voted FOR it.
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>> It is being reported there in some 9,600 taxing authorities in the U.S.
>> Add to that 560 or so Indian tribe taxing authorities. That is over 10,000
>> taxing authorities.  Yikes!!  Any company with 1 million in sales will be
>> required to comply.  I can tell you that a company that has 1 million in
>> sales is not a big company.  That online retailer might consist of 2 or 3
>> employees with some additional help from a number of consultants and
>> potentially a fulfillment center.
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>> From first hand experience, I would say this law, if passed by the U.S.
>> House, will cause a bunch of small online retailers to either go out of
>> business or reduce sales through raising prices or some other method.
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>> This may very well play out like ObamaCare where companies are reducing
>> the hours of their employees so they have less than 50 full-time
>> employees.   In other words we will experience the unintended consequences
>> of these laws.
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>> These polices effect each of us.
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>> Yikes, yes!  And that will provide the revenue to expand Internet
>> government regulation and compliance.
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>> Sadly, it had to happen.
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