Whats Fair When it Comes to Taxes?

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Originally Posted by mlmpetert

I order a lot of crap from Amazon. Thats going to change:

Amazon to Collect Sales Tax in Virginia - eBookNewser



I was so upset about this i emailed McDonnell. Amazon opens up distributions centers in VA and how do we repay them? F' McDonnell.

I am a huge Amazon customer despite being a resident of their home state. They collect 9.8% of everything I buy and I have not been bothered by it. I will say this though, having lived in VA for six months last year I really enjoyed paying no sales taxes on my Amazon purchases.

The real issue though is how do you collect taxes in the era of the internet? One would think that if you setup shop in a state you should collect sales taxes on residents of the state that buy stuff from you. Remember, one of the reason states didn't enforce sales taxes on goods bought online was to spur growth in internet sales. Now we have reached a point where anything can be bought online and if you don't start collecting taxes you won't have much sales tax revenue to speak of pretty soon.

The rule is simple....if you have a presence and do business in the state of VA you pay and collect taxes. This is beyond fair and right.