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Originally Posted by Rochard
What a bunch of idiots.
How can they tax a company that isn't in Wisconsin? Before you answer that, what if my business is in California and California has the same law? Where do I pay the tax - In both states? So I'd have to pay in both California and Wisconsin? What if my hosting company is in Florida, and they have the same law? Do I have the pay the law there too?
And isn't porn protected by free speech? You can't put undue taxes on Free Speech.
Idiots.
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The way the state of NY forced amazon and others to collect NY state sales tax on sales is based on affiliates. They claim that since amazon (and others) have affiliates based in the state of NY, that this constitutes a "physical presence" in the state, and therefore subject to the same tax structure as a brick and mortar in the state. I think it was overstock who actually banned/terminated affiliates from the state as a way to fight it. Might have that wrong though.
not at all sure how that would apply to a non-tangible like access to a website.