California Balks At Internet Sales Tax

bob_calder writes "California has walked away from $2 billion a year in revenue by declining to get on board with a group working to standardize tax rates so a national tax on Internet sales could eventually be implemented by Congress. Supporters of the tax think they still have a chance in New York, Texas, and Florida. At the moment the largest states pursuing the Streamlined Sales Tax Initiative are New Jersey, Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. California didn't want to give up its autonomy in setting taxes to a coalition of smaller states."

Comments

Re:It's called Use Tax

[AuMatar]

And amazingly, 99.99999% of Californians don't buy anything off the internet, as shown by their use taxes. Its an amazingly offline state.

Re:It's called Use Tax

[etnu]

As a California resident for nearly 2 years, I'm proud to say that I never use the internet, ever.

Do not piss us off

[n0w0rries]

You guys are missing the big picture... We're California. If we were by ourselves we'd have the 6th, 7th, or 10th largest economy in the world (depending on who you ask--says wikipedia). We'd have the TERMINATOR for president. Our army would be undefeatable in any 70-80 degree dry climate.

Re:Who is the "orginization" behind this tax?

[Spacezilla]

lol, he got you twice. :)