States push for piece of online sales

Use Tax = Rip-off: "If you bought a nice sofa in New Jersey and hauled it back to your Manhattan apartment, you were supposed to fill out state use tax forms and attach a check within 20 days."

How do you get back the tax you paid in New Jersey? or any other state?

This is a form of double taxation. When carried to a logical conclusion, it will result in a reduction of total retail sales. You won't buy out of state because of the double taxation. You won't buy in state because the product is not available.

Interstate catalog sales have long been exempted from taxation where you live. The internet is simply an electronic catalog. The same rules should be applied. Only if the retailer has a retail outlet in the state in which you live, do you pay the tax.

It should also be noted that the loss of profit will result in loss of income tax to the state.

" "This was just the next step in our process to educate the average individual taxpayer," Anderson."

The word "educate" in the above sentence should be changed to "rip-off".; Posted by: Update victim Posted on: 04/09/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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for the record.... DarbyOhara | 04/09/04

Hear, hear! techboy_z | 04/09/04

One more reason Update victim | 04/09/04

local businesses V Sanders | 04/09/04

Use Tax = Rip-off Update victim | 04/09/04

exactly V Sanders | 04/09/04

Too funny! ShadeTree | 04/09/04

nope V Sanders | 04/09/04

Ah yes! MkIIISupra | 04/09/04

Be careful of rip offs!!!! No_Ax_to_Grind | 04/10/04

hairball blahblahblah | 04/11/04

sadistic is the word blahblahblah | 04/11/04

Need for Federal Sales Tax George Mitchell | 04/11/04

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