Online Sales Tax

[Willie]

Just heard on news, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to tax online sales. I didn't get details, but looks like you will be taxed on your state's rate.

 

[NorCalMikie]

When you buy at home, you get taxed so why not pay when you buy away from home?

 

[LarryDScott]

I guess the supreme court is going to pick up
the tab to revamp an order form page, to implement
these changes for online businesses. If a person cant
work on his own business pages, it cost serious money
to go to a web developer to change anything.
This will put a lot of small operators out of business.

If this goes through and it may already have, when
you pile on Sales Tax on top of shipping charges, there
are no deals anymore. LDS

 

[pacificman]

When you buy at home, you get taxed so why not pay when you buy away from home?

I understand what yer saying but I'm tired of paying taxes...Heck we are taxed to death and if they could get away with it
they would tax us after death...LOL I just wish they left things the way they were.

 

[Lone Hunter]

When you buy at home, you get taxed so why not pay when you buy away from home?

That is what WAS so great about buying off the internet. You were able to save a few dollars. Not anymore.

 

[JRS]

It helps to keep your local businesses in business.

 

[gme]

more bookeeping, more hassle, more expense for the business owner, higher prices for the consumer, fatter politicians

 

[Legionnaire]

SCOTUS ruled that states have the authority to require online retailers to collect sales taxes. They didn't rule to tax anything. States now have to pass legislation and implement regulations to exercise this authority. I expect states will get this done on differing timelines. A headache for the online retailers, who have to track, collect, and remit those taxes. Some of the big online retailers are already equipped to do this. Oh well; it was fun while it lasted.

 

[geo.ulrich]

one step closer to a vat

 

[cdhbrad]

I guess the supreme court is going to pick up
If this goes through and it may already have, when
you pile on Sales Tax on top of shipping charges, there
are no deals anymore. LDS

There are deals if you can't buy locally what you can buy over the Internet. Where I live on the West Coast of Florida, there are virtually no local stores that sell the reloading supplies that I can purchase with a few clicks and my CC information. The nearest to me is a Bass Pro, 50 miles away, and I don't think anyone here would consider the choices of reloading supplies there to be sufficient. Plus the prices are always higher than Online, even factoring in Hazmat and Shipping. Powder Valley, Grafs, etc. will continue to get my $$$ whenever I need to restock.

 

[Dub]

I agree it was fun while it lasted. The truth is this was a huge loophole that affected local retailers and our states revenue streams. You will still likely be able to get the hard to find stuff you want on the net vs local but this gives retailers a chance to stay in the game. I have enjoyed the benefits of these tax free purchases but have alway found it fundamentally wrong.

 

[pirate ammo]

as a small business trying to stay afloat,,I will comment no further on this,,

 

[Legionnaire]

I'm still trying to understand how this decision comports with Article I, Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution:

"No State shall, without the Consent of the Congress, lay any Imposts or Duties (i.e., taxes) on Imports or Exports (i.e., goods sold across state lines), except what may be absolutely necessary for executing it's inspection Laws: and the net Produce of all Duties and Imposts, laid by any State on Imports or Exports, shall be for the Use of the Treasury of the United States; and all such Laws shall be subject to the Revision and Controul of the Congress."

Has Congress passed legislation on this?

 

[spencerhenry]

I buy everything I can online. My local sales taxes range from 7.25% to 10.1%, on top of that local prices are almost always greatly higher than online.
I wanted to try a 1lb can of powder but needed nothing else, bought it locally. Nearly $30 per lb PLUS the 8% tax. Online that pound was like $22. I stock up in larger quantities when I can or when there is free hazmat.

 

[spencerhenry]

If your states starts collecting sales tax from online sales, it will likely only be state sales tax. Around here there is also county, and city, and sometimes "special use tax".

 

[#40Fan]

I always wonder if these online retailers that are collecting tax are actually sending it where it needs to go, or just getting a little extra put into their pocket.

 

[T-shooter]

I understand what yer saying but I'm tired of paying taxes...Heck we are taxed to death and if they could get away with it
they would tax us after death...LOL I just wish they left things the way they were.

They do. It's called an Estate Tax.
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/estate-tax

 

[T-shooter]

There are 3,007 counties in the U.S. and each one can have a different tax rate. This will be difficult to do for a small web business. The tax rates very all the time. I don't know how you would keep up with it without obtaining some software to add into the website. Then the funds have to be dispersed to the proper places. I'm glad I don't run a web based business anymore.

 

[hoz53]

my s

SCOTUS ruled that states have the authority to require online retailers to collect sales taxes. They didn't rule to tax anything. States now have to pass legislation and implement regulations to exercise this authority. I expect states will get this done on differing timelines. A headache for the online retailers, who have to track, collect, and remit those taxes. Some of the big online retailers are already equipped to do this. Oh well; it was fun while it lasted.

my state is like the gestapo when it comes to collecting every penny and everything they can get. i think they will put this on the ultra fast track . i just hope the money gets back to my state.

 

[people]

There is software you can plug right into your sales client that will use your customers home address and tell you exactly what tax you need to be collecting. Then you can use it to generate a report and it will tell you how much you need to send to each place and how much you get to keep.

Or like me just do not collect it and tell the customer it is their responsibility to pay their state tax.