Quote:
Originally Posted by BearMountainBooks
Actually ever since agency pricing, I get taxed collected BY AMAZON for any publisher who has a base in my state (Texas). So with agency pricing, Amazon is responsible for collecting the tax. I know this because I get taxed on certain publisher's books and not others. And yes, out of spite, once I learn those publishers...if it comes down to two books...one by one publisher and the other by the other...
|
Fascinating. Thanks for the information. Was this the case before the Agency Model got imposed? If it wasn't, what did they do previously?
Quote:
|
In the end, the Fed is going to go after Amazon and get some sort of tax. Those pols are salivating, whining and generally fit-to-be-tied that they haven't yet gotten their slimy paws on more of our money via the success of Amazon.
|
Forget the Feds. States and municipalities are the ones salivating. Whether an item is taxable at all, and what sort of tax is applied if it is, is a local decision, not a Federal one.
It gets comical. I'm in New York State. The state is the location of the
Onandoga Indian Reservation. The Reservation is not subject to an assortment of State taxes.
It's a popular destination for shoppers, because tobacco products are one of the things that aren't taxed. With state and local taxes and surcharges, a package of cigarettes now costs up to $12 in NYC. On the reservation, a
carton may cost $30. The smoke shop has a continual stream of people buying cigarettes at untaxed prices. The Reservation made enough money from it and the neighboring Firekeeper's Diner to build a snazzy new community center.
New York State has been trying to assert state taxes on the reservation, and getting nowhere. Technically, the reservation isn't part of New York State at all. It's a sovereign territory existing under treaty with the US government.
(I know people who do things like use anonymous proxies to hide their originating IP address when buying on line, to avoid taxes that might otherwise be levied based on their apparent location. They still have to provide a shipping address for physical goods, but there's no necessary connection between where something is bought and where it is actually delivered, and it's where it's bought that governs the tax.)
______
Dennis