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Originally Posted by Busty2
Yep in Maine you have to add up all the online purchases you make, calculate the tax ( at around 5%) and pay that with you tax returns each year, but thats Maine. Im not sure about other states. Maine is fucked up in a lot of ways, because of the fucked up system here you cannot be an Amazon Associate due to tax payment issues!!! Amazon cancelled my accounts about 2 years ago  |
Technically you're supposed to do that in every state.. It's like that in FL as well but no one does it. Also for example if I buy online from a FL company I have to pay taxes which are automatically deducted but if I buy from outside my state they don't charge.
Easy example is if I buy computer stuff from tigerdirect.com I pay taxes. If I buy from newegg.com I don't.. Now which one do you think I'm buying from?
Now here is the kicker, with Amazon, they do have warehouses in my state, but I still don't pay state sales taxes.. I've never understood how they get away with it but I guess they can claim where ever their HQ is located as their business location..
anyway, the fastest way to kill internet eCommerce will be to force websites to collect state sales taxes from all 50 states.. Only Trump would be that dumb...