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Originally Posted by jalandar
They are making this case, but not in CA, in NY.
To those who are arguing that it is right that the tax be paid, you don't get what is going on. The states always HAVE a legal right to collect the tax, but they must collect it from their residents. What they are trying to do now is take entities that are not under their legal jurisdiction and give them a legal obligation to collect the tax.
THAT is why this is being fought. It would be akin to a Russian court telling me I have to collect Russian imposed use taxes from Russians who buy one of my products online. They have no jurisdiction over me, and no right to make that demand.
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I dont really know what you are saying here. Its always up to the vendor to collect sales tax. How would a state be able to charge you for something they did not even know you bought.
This is not a new tax this is just getting people to pay what they would already pay if they bought in a local store. This would level the playing field for local business. I see many things online being sold for the same price locally but throw in sales tax and people will bypass their local retailers to save a few bucks online.
Whether your individual state sales tax is too high is up to the voters and local government in your state.