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Originally Posted by markbot
Personally I think interstate "use taxes" are really just interstate tariffs, which are unconstitutional. How exactly is a use tax for interstate commerce different from a tariff on a tv import from Japan. they amount to the same damn thing....it's just called something different.
the US Supreme Court should take a look at these use taxes.
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A use tax is different from a tariff because it doesn't penalize the out-of-state company. If the state sales tax is 7%, the use tax will likewise be 7%. If there is no state sales tax, there will be no use tax.
With a tariff, the Japanese TV import would have to pay whatever the tariff is (say 10%), but the local company would not have to pay anything.