Internet Sales Tax Should be Dead on Arrival

[rangerrebew]

Internet Sales Tax Should be Dead on Arrival
 
heritageaction | October 3, 2017   

The internet is one of the most exemplary free market and innovation success stories of our life time. Over the last few decades, it has helped grow the economy, expanded opportunities for entrepreneurs, and enhanced consumer choice for all Americans by allowing unprecedented access to online goods and services.

Unfortunately, internet freedom is under attack by politicians willing to distort markets and tilt the playing field toward their favored businesses at the expense of the vast majority of Americans who benefit from online marketplaces.

http://heritageaction.com/2017/10/internet-sales-tax-dead-arrival/

[Snarknado]

On the one hand, I agree that it's unreasonable to require a small retailer to contend with the 10000 U.S. tax jurisdictions, much less the exposure to potential legal costs even if they do everything exactly right.

On the other hand, I don't see why they should be given the artificial competitive advantage of offering products without sales tax.

I'd like to think that a system could be devised that's fair to all parties while somehow closing the offshore loophole. In the end, it's the buyer who's responsible for paying the tax no matter where it comes from (Edit> or who collects it)...

[Bigun]

Unless it is part of getting rid of the Marxist income tax entirely  I'm firmly against this.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

On the one hand, I agree that it's unreasonable to require a small retailer to contend with the 10000 U.S. tax jurisdictions, much less the exposure to potential legal costs even if they do everything exactly right.

On the other hand, I don't see why they should be given the artificial competitive advantage of offering products without sales tax.

I'd like to think that a system could be devised that's fair to all parties while somehow closing the offshore loophole. In the end, it's the buyer who's responsible for paying the tax no matter where it comes from...

I agree although, I do wonder if this will tend to discriminate against smaller shops trying to compete with behemoths like Amazon who sell online.

[dfwgator]

There always has been an Internet Sales Tax.  It's called a "Use Tax".

[Frank Cannon]

We should have an internet tax. We can use it to increase spending one social welfare and if there is any left over we can finally give a congress a raise. They deserve it.

[240B]

When you think about all the taxes Americans pay, it is truly incredible. The same single dollar of earnings by an American could wind up being taxed a dozen different times before it is actually turned into an actual product.


This is what Trump is talking about when he says the American system of taxation is a joke. He's right. It is insanity. The American Congress wants to 'tax' everything that exists. The whole idea behind the Global Warming scam is to find a way to tax the very air that we breath. If Congress could find a way, they would put a tax on sunshine.


No. Enough is enough. We don't need any more taxes, on anything. What we need is to start eliminating taxes, not creating new ones.

[truth_seeker]

Most internet vendors are currently charging state sales taxes, where applicable.

The criteria which I have seen, is for the vendor to charge a tax, when they have a presence in your state.