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

[Dazed_75]

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 <klsmith2020 at yahoo.com> 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/
>
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> --- On *Tue, 5/7/13, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. <
> mailing-lists at phoenixinternet.net>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. <mailing-lists at phoenixinternet.net>
>
> 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, 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.
>
> ------------------------
> Keith Smith
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org <http://mc/compose?to=PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
>
>
> -----Inline Attachment Follows-----
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org<http://mc/compose?to=PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>



-- 
Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry

Please protect my address like I protect yours. When sending messages to
multiple recipients, use the BCC: (Blind carbon copy). Remove addresses
from a forwarded message body before clicking Send.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.phxlinux.org/pipermail/plug-discuss/attachments/20130507/861d7b67/attachment.html>