I thought Republicans were all about low taxes and small government...?
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Only when it's convenient.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
Jay wrote:
My state has already started taxing me on online purchases, but if you think about it, if I call up a store in a state without sales tax and order the product over the phone, where is the purchase being made? It's essentially equivalent to me standing at the counter and waiting in line to be rung up at the register. Same concept can be extended to buying something online. So if I'm purchasing a product in a state without sales tax in person and then transporting it back home, am I committing tax fraud? That's essentially their argument. Politicians just want revenue no matter the ethical dilemmas involved.
to answer your question, yes you are committing tax fraud if you don't claim it. It's ok though, tax fraud is the American Way.your article wrote:
Under current law, states can only collect sales taxes from retailers that have a physical presence in their state. People who order items online from another state are supposed to declare the purchases on their tax forms, but few do.
"anything to declare?"
Yep. Regional pricing shafts Aus & NZ, and no company which does it ever offers up a good/honest reason for it when pressed. Its often 10-30% more for titles (eg. Borderlands 2), Adobe CS6 is so expensive in both countries that its actually cheaper to fly to Los Angeles and buy a copy there, than it is to buy a copy from a store two blocks away from my office. And its not a small saving either, buying in LA saves something in the region of $600-800. Pet peeve of mine.-Whiteroom- wrote:
It's the same in NZ.
<3 GIMP
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^ /Adobe
Love their software, but their packaging and pricing is garbage.
Love their software, but their packaging and pricing is garbage.
You know that law is stupid.KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Jay wrote:
My state has already started taxing me on online purchases, but if you think about it, if I call up a store in a state without sales tax and order the product over the phone, where is the purchase being made? It's essentially equivalent to me standing at the counter and waiting in line to be rung up at the register. Same concept can be extended to buying something online. So if I'm purchasing a product in a state without sales tax in person and then transporting it back home, am I committing tax fraud? That's essentially their argument. Politicians just want revenue no matter the ethical dilemmas involved.to answer your question, yes you are committing tax fraud if you don't claim it. It's ok though, tax fraud is the American Way.your article wrote:
Under current law, states can only collect sales taxes from retailers that have a physical presence in their state. People who order items online from another state are supposed to declare the purchases on their tax forms, but few do.
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
didn't you guys fight a whole revolution over taxes lol
You're the constitutional scholar / US historian, you should know this. As an economics/business savant, you should also know that if we eliminated tax fraud we'd have no budget deficits, no need to raise taxes or cut federal funding.
Not only does jay take handouts, he also avoids paying into the system. Like a true 1%er!
Not only does jay take handouts, he also avoids paying into the system. Like a true 1%er!
online purchases tax fraud
online poker tax cheating
online poker tax evasion
online poker tax evasion
Sales tax is local tax, not FederalJay wrote:
The concept of sales tax is ridiculous anyway. The money being spent was already taxed when it was earned, and then it's taxed again when it's spent.
RTHKI wrote:
Jay knows this
"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat
-Frederick Bastiat
But seriously, it built up based on way more issues than just that.Cybargs wrote:
didn't you guys fight a whole revolution over taxes lol
There is a decent argument that the native American threat had more to do with the revolution than taxes. British failure to defend against natives.
the native American threat to me, means getting shorted on your peyote score. fuckers, i always water down the Jack Daniels they insist on getting with the cash.
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