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Originally Posted by HarryT
If you, as a retailer, choose to do business with a particular country, you have an obligation to follow the laws of that country. If you don't wish to abide by those laws, don't do business there. Nobody's forcing any company to do so.
I'm aware of that, and the result is massive tax fraud, as people ignore their legal duty to pay "use tax" when they buy out-of-state. You're surely not holding that up as an example of a good taxation system, are you?
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Point 1 - That's what's likely to happen. I use to work in the online business. Trying to keep up with the various tax laws is a nightmare, even for the big boys.
Point 2 - Actually, yes I do point to it as a example of a good taxation system. The US actually has one of the most successful tax systems around, simply because most people consider it fair and thus rarely cheat (unlike in some countries in the rest of the world where cheating is said to be the norm). Taxes are to pay for government services and most people recognize that out of jurisdiction companies are not getting any services to justify the taxation. If I were to get in a car and drive over to the next state and buy something there, then I wouldn't be expected to pay my state tax on that purchase. Why should I pay a tax on it just because I'm having it delivered rather than drive over and pick it up?