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State Coalition Approves Internet Sales Tax Plan

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the imminent-death-of-e-commerce-predicted dept.

An anonymous reader submits this story about the U.S. states banding together to figure out a way to tax mail-order transactions.

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  1. wait a minute... by kingofnopants · · Score: 1, Funny

    I thought they already did that.....dammit pointytricorneredhats.com, you owe me 5 dollars!

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  2. Re:thats horrible by DEBEDb · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes you will, because the convenience beats
    buying it in real life, and the taxes are
    still the same.

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    Considered harmful.
  3. Re:No Tax by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 5, Funny
    But I am sure they will have a way to tax that as well.

    They have had a way to tax that for centuries. It's called a tariff.

  4. Re:not all bad news by prisen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Who are the republics? Are they a terrorist group bent on making laws "suck it?" On that note, how would you describe the act of a law "sucking it?"
    I don't know if I would trust these so-called republics!

  5. Maybe they should.. by munition · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...Just tax pr0n. That would be enough to pay off national debt in a few years!

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    "A mind is a terrible thing to lose"
  6. Re:You forgot one by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    and for this crowd that would be Windows XP.

  7. I guess that means that... by HappyCycling · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...X10 will have to cut its pop-up ad campaign on Washington Post because of the lost sales from this plan.

  8. Re:How to implement? Trivial. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm in Alaska, my partners are in Wash, Idaho, and Oregon - but we're incorporated in Nevada.
    My Wesite is hosted by an outfit in Calif, who's actual servers are in Colorado.
    My product is made in Tiawan and Korea and is shipped from a UPS Brown - Order Fullfillment Whse in Kentucky.

    Just exactly WHO gets to tax me?