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Originally Posted by Gardenman
When this has been tried before the experts have told congress that it is impossible to write software to keep track of the thousands and thousands of different levels of taxes that would need to be collected. On just one transaction in your own state you might have to keep track of State sales tax, county sales tax, local sales tax and city sales tax. On top of this noone can keep track of when taxes change.
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This is clearly not the case, given that a company like, say, B&N, which has a retail presence in every state, and hence has to charge sales tax for online sales in every state, plainly uses such software.