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

[keith smith]

Hi Lyle,

You are an online business?  If so I would like to hear more about how you identify the taxing authority, how you do your reporting, and how much it cost you to comply.

Thanks,
Keith





--- On Wed, 5/8/13, Lyle Tuttle <l.tuttle at cox.net> wrote:

From: Lyle Tuttle <l.tuttle at cox.net>
Subject: Re: OT: Internet Sales Tax Passes the U.S. Senate
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 9:01 AM



At 05:16 AM 5/8/2013, JD Austin wrote:


I'm calling a little BS on your
over simplification Bryan; you certainly DID NOT have to deal with more
than one one state's sales tax rules unless you had a physical presence
there.

1.  I own a business that is head quartered in one state, but does
the majority of our business in a total of three states....and some
Nation-wide as well.  We do well over $1 Million/yr.


  
There are even  different rates for different kind of sales; it is
not a simple thing at all and is disingenuous to pretend it is. 
Just having to deal with periodic tax updates alone on a national level
is a burden unless you're a huge company like Amazon.   Imagine
having to pay More than you collected because it wasn't up to
date.

2.  We have to deal with the different State,
City and other "Special" taxes depending on where our customer
lives - it is all sorted/calculated  by zip code.  We have (and
have for years!) software that adds the tax on the customer's bill;
tallys it up in a report for us, and even prints out the paperwork
required to submit the money.......SOME OF WHICH WE GET TO KEEP TO PAY
FOR OUR 'WORK'......


  
How would you send that money to each state?

3.  Electronic transfer.......


  
Would a business need a bank account for each State like they do for just
a single one?

4.  Why?  We have no "special"
bank account for the tax monies collected.......




5.  Please do not get the impression that I like these taxes; I do
not! (The taxis not as bad as what they spend it on!!!)  I am merely
pointing out that this is not an unsurmountable task - yes, it is a pain,
but it is just a part of doing business.  Remember, every time you
buy something from out of state, YOU are supposed to remit that tax on
your State form at tax time.....but no one (ok, maybe one person??)
does.  How can we condone breaking the law on this?  If we do
not like it, then we should change the law; for us to encourage breaking
the law puts us in a position (IMHO) as partners with Eric
Holder.


I am more fearful that this might be the nose of the camel under the edge
of the tent, ie, once these bozos in DC find they can control/get money
from the internet - Katie bar the door!


lurker lyle



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