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Originally Posted by darryl
Let's face it, Harry. Use tax is ridiculous because it is unenforceable, if not literally then because it would cost far more to administer properly and collect than the revenue it produces.
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Oh, I completely agree with you. I was merely using it as a counter-example to pwalker's suggestion that tax evasion is not widespread in the US. There is massive tax evasion with use tax, hence I would certainly not hold it up as a shining example of a good way to collect taxes on sales. The only sensible way to collect sales taxes it to do it at the point of sale. Any taxation system that relies on people voluntarily paying it is doomed to failure.