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Originally Posted by jigg
that's like saying - why should a business in my community be at a disadvantage having to rent a physical location, carry inventory, collect sales tax, pay retail employees, paroll etc compared to an internet business with 1 warehouse anywhere in the us selling to 50 states? 
if the business can't compete it dies, simple |
If an out of state business can lower costs to consumers that's great. If it helps put a state in financial trouble because sales taxes aren't being paid then that's a different issue. That's the point I was making.
With the current budget problems all states will soon start this. The sales tax advantage will shortly be a thing of the past.
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added ... And it's not just state taxes it's local county taxes as well. As internet sales continue to grow state/county revenue will continue to fall. Nationwide you are looking at billions. The only solution is to raise taxes to shrink the difference or to collect the taxes as intended.
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