At 09:25 AM 5/8/2013, keith smith wrote:
Hi Lyle,
You are an online business?
Not 100%, but some.
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.
How do you bill or ship to your customer? We use their zip code for
tax assessment. Cost is all in our accounts receivable package, ie,
not sure I could give you an accurate # for specific costs.....we pay
taxes by electronic transfer, and the amount is all calculated by that
software........reports tell us how much we collected................but
that package does all of our accounting, etc - tax is just a small part
of what it does for us.
Frankly, I am more concerned about what I wrote in the last line of my
response than whether or not we should break the current laws on tax
collection - even tho I detest all of the regulations -- that's why I
'retired' at age 50........
lyle
Thanks,
Keith
--- On Wed, 5/8/13, Lyle Tuttle <
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wrote:
From: Lyle Tuttle <
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Subject: Re: OT: Internet Sales Tax Passes the U.S. Senate
To: "Main PLUG discussion list"
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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.Â
 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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