Keith:
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 8:48 AM, keith smith <
klsmith2020@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> These polices effect each of us.
>
Yikes, yes! And that will provide the revenue to expand Internet
government regulation and compliance.
Sadly, it had to happen.
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> Keith Smith
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