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Author: keith smith
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Subject: Re: OT: Internet Sales Tax Passes the U.S. Senate

Take my Money...  I do not understand people who fight for big Gov.

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Keith Smith

--- On Tue, 5/7/13, Bryan O'Neal <> wrote:

From: Bryan O'Neal <>
Subject: Re: OT: Internet Sales Tax Passes the U.S. Senate
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <>
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 11:53 PM

Or - god forbid - use a cart provider that hooks directly into people like Outright who does all of your accounting for you automatically! That is something they are working on. So is intuit. So are a number of hosting providers. I would not be surprised if godaddy, hostgator, rackspace, shopify, etc. all have this fixed and part of their standard offering inside six months after it is law. So if some states (like california) hit you with a notice you will have to upload your CSV file to there tax calculator separately. Up your prices by the max tax you anticipate after receiving notice and pocket the difference  If you customers turn to brick and mortar or companies who are not collecting tax well, I again question what you are doing. Brick and mortar usually has higher overhead, and the legal risk will likely shut down the other sites soon enough...


On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 11:06 PM, George Toft <> wrote:






    What if . . .




      . . . this bill (if it becomes a law) forces people to sell on
      Amazon?  I sell on Amazon and I let them take care of the sales
      taxes.  I hate the commission, but that's the price I pay for
      leveraging Amazon's market presence and taking care of the
      administrivia for me.  The end result is I sell all over the
      country and Amazon takes care of the state sales taxes.




      I see this bill as an end to the small-timer and a shot in the arm
      for the big companies.




      As far as filling out the forms and reporting goes - I found
      filling out just one form (for AZ) a PITA and stopped selling
      locally.  I can't imagine doing it for 9600 (ebay's count)
      municipalities.


      Regards,


George Toft

      On 5/7/2013 6:16 PM, keith smith wrote:











http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113s743es/pdf/BILLS-113s743es.pdf



              Yes, it requires taxes be paid to the state, however it
              does speak of rate changes at the local level.  It is a
              poorly written bill and it leaves the merchant in a
              position of needing to comply at the actual jurisdiction
              level.  In other words it will require collecting
              differing tax rates within a state based on location and
              the local taxing authority.  There will be compliance
              issue.  If you have ever collected sales tax you can get
              the jest of it, however on a much grander level.




              The bill talks about software.  What language?  What OS? 
              What if I have everything in PHP on the web and I only run
              Linux or Apple and the software is compiled to run on M$
              only?  How to I interface this with my shopping cart?




              Basically this is a bill written by people who have never
              been in business and who could care less about us in the
              trenches.




              For me this is a substantial issue that could cause me to
              lose a client that could very well sell off because
              compliance is going to be a nightmare.




              Read the bill, it is very vague and leave everything to
              the states.  I see 50 different sets of compliance.  I see
              the requirement to have a tax license in every state. 
              Even if they only charge $30 for a license that is $1500
              and what about all the time to contact each state, and
              complete all the docs they require.  Yikes.  It could take
              weeks just to acquire all the licenses.   




              Then what about all the reporting on a monthly basis. 
              This will be a huge burden. 




              Please read the bill and assure me I am wrong, because I
              want to be wrong in this area.  




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              Keith Smith




              --- On Tue, 5/7/13, Dazed_75 <>
              wrote:




                From: Dazed_75 <>


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


                To: "Main PLUG discussion list"
                <>


                Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 5:11 PM





                  I am reasonably sure this is only at
                    the state level.  Has anyone actually read it to
                    verify is local is included somewhere?









                    On Tue, May 7,
                      2013 at 4:23 PM, keith smith <>
                      wrote:








                                I assume form what I am reading that one
                                will have to have a sales license in
                                each state and collect sales tax based
                                on local and report that to the state
                                and give the money to the state.  They
                                state would then disburse the money.




                                I further assume the online retailer
                                would be subject to audit by any one of
                                the taxing authorities. 




                                The audits could be worse than
                                collecting and reporting the tax. 




                                About two weeks ago I wrote an article
                                about online sales tax :  http://www.netcodeman.com/news/internet-retail-sales-tax-and-how-it-may-effect-the-online-retailer/







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                                Keith Smith




                                --- On Tue, 5/7/13, Gilbert T.
                                  Gutierrez, Jr. <>
                                wrote:





                                  From: Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. <>



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


                                    To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <>



                                  Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 3:22 PM








                                          Taxes are a pain. I
                                            believe it will probably be
                                            taxing only to the state
                                            level, and not county and
                                            city. I do not know how this
                                            would work. Do you have to
                                            register your tax id in
                                            every state? File paperwork
                                            in every state? How do
                                            states know that you have
                                            made transactions within
                                            their borders? This seems
                                            like it would be a
                                            logistical nightmare. I
                                            remember when I had an
                                            operation in TX, that was a
                                            headache and a half. I
                                            cannot image nationally.




                                            Gilbert




                                            On 5/7/2013 8:48 AM, keith
                                            smith 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.  




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                                                    Keith Smith









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