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Are You Reporting Your Internet Purchases?

Posted by michael on from the taxing-time-of-year dept.

theodp writes "Over the next week, taxpayers in 19 states will be confronting new sections on state returns that ask them to fork over unpaid sales taxes for items purchased out of state, including Internet transactions. A NY Daily News editorial characterized the addition of use tax to state returns as a rip-off and advised taxpayers to fill in a zero on the line, although an accountant suggests doing so may even be worse than just leaving it blank and put you on the line for tax fraud."

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  1. Re:It's about time by NineNine · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    No, it's got nothing to do with books or porn. But it (this industry) is feeling pressure from online shopping (which I also offer, but hate to deal with). It's not even about my industry. It's that this country is turning into a country full of fat, pasty, apartment-dwelling, lazy mouse-clickers who don't really care about where they live and the stores around them. The homogenization of the country is accelerating, and all of this goddamn online shopping is closing stores right and left so that in many small towns, you've got a Wal-Mart, a grocery store, and the same tired string of fast food chains. Call me nuts, but that sounds pretty damn bleak to me.

  2. Re:Taxes are punishments by bmetzler · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    People, obviously, do not like to be punished - especially when they do not feel like they are doing something wrong. So people are going to avoid punishments (i.e. taxes) whenever possible.

    But I thought taxes were good because they provide funds to pay for things like universal healthcare, education, and those without jobs. Who wouldn't want to pay their taxes and make it harder to receive those benefits?

    -Brent