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The US tax law needs to be rewritten. Point blank and period. The problem is the way the US Constitution is written pretty much prevents the Federal Government from being able to step in and help the States. The States have a tough time coordinating their activities and law suits in many areas and so it is hard for them to challenge larger businesses. Not that the Federal tax code doesn't need some serious work of its own.
I am sure there is a way for the Feds to help the States but that would require coordination and a fair amount of money. Not to mention, who do you chose to target in your initial audits and investigations?
It is one big ugly mess.
If a State or two succeeds in getting records from the large companies, like Amazon, I am sure that more people will pay their User Tax or Amazon will start charging sales tax to make everyones life easier.
I buy e-books from Amazon and only e-books. Since all of my e-books are Big 6 they are charged sales tax at the time of purchase so I am good to go.
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