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Online Cigarette Customers Get Bill from State

Posted by Zonk on from the kind-of-defeats-the-purpose dept.

wakebrdr writes "The Michigan Treasury Department has sent bills to state residents who purchased cigarettes online to avoid Michigan's high taxes. One pack-a-day smoker received a bill for $2,500 in back taxes. If a simple subpoena of customer data allows them to easily go after lost cigarette taxes, how long until state treasuries across the country subpoena Amazon.com or other big online retailers to collect unpaid sales taxes?"

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  1. We're doomed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    if they decide to tax porn...

    1. Re:We're doomed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually, we could probably eliminate the income tax and the IRS. :)

    2. Re:We're doomed... by ceeam · · Score: 5, Funny

      Those who pay for slashdot? : )

      [Remember folks - asterisk after one's UID marks a paying subscriber]

  2. How long? by Binestar · · Score: 5, Funny

    how long until state treasuries across the country subpoena Amazon.com or other big online retailers to collect unpaid sales taxes?

    18 months. You heard it here.

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  3. Of course not! by serith · · Score: 4, Funny

    State - Did you make any online purchases this year? You - *fills in no whilst using your new uber computer you just dropped a few K on from newegg...*