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Calling B.S. On Amazon's Taxation Arguments
theodp writes "Over at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Michael Mazerov carefully picks apart Amazon's arguments against collecting sales taxes, arguing that they simply do not withstand scrutiny. While Amazon officials say collecting sales tax in every state would be excessively burdensome, Mazerov notes the e-tailer already collects sales tax in virtually every state for numerous other companies that sell on its website. Mazerov also finds it disingenuous for Amazon to argue that it should not have to help support public services in states in which it has no physical presence when the company fails to support public services in most of the states in which it does have a physical presence. Finally, Mazerov isn't buying Amazon's argument that its opposition to collecting sales tax is not driven by a desire to gain a price advantage over competitors, which he finds at odds with the company's own actions and SEC filings. By claiming sales-tax immunity, says Mazerov, Amazon has enjoyed an unfair 5%-10% price advantage over local retailers, while also depriving states and localities of hundreds of millions of dollars of legally due revenue each year."
Do you like all the wonderful things your government provides you and the rest of the citizens? You know things like police and fire departments, roads, medicaid, schools, school lunch programs, etc? Where do you think the money comes from that pay for all those wonderful services everyone demands?
If you don't like that the government takes a portion of your paycheck to pay for the services the public demands, I suggest you take it up with your fellow citizens.
There is no "-1 offended" or "-1 you don't agree with me" mod options for a reason.
No, I don't. I love kdawson — and his FUD.
Seriously, taxes are evil. A necessary evil at times, but evil. The fewer the better... We accept them as unavoidable, but only kdawson and his kind are happy to see others pay them.
In Soviet Washington the swamp drains you.
YOU aren't being taxed. and I suspect you are pretty clueless about taxes in general.
The people IN the state are being taxed. Now if you refuse to collect tax then that amount to giving you customers a cost reductintion equal to the tax, but you sill need to pass the tax onto the state.
It's not a tax on your income.
Of course the alternative is for states to compensate for not getting a use tax by rasing the tax on busineses.
Really, charging the customers the tax THEY are obligated to pay and bouncing it back to the state is the best alternative. If you think being in a different state will prevent you from avoiding extradition, think again.
Because you seem a simpleton, I'll break it down.
You sell a widget for 10 bucks, you get 10 buck from the purchase.
If a state has a 10% tax, you collect 11 bucks, send 1 to the state and end up with 10 bucks.
Now do you see how YOU are not being taxed?
It's s tricky wicket because it's new. People haven't really been able to do business without a fixed location in a state before.
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"Actually,"
Actually what?
You weren't correcting anyone or even responding to their points, so when you say "actually" as though you're correcting something, you look like an asshole who can't read.
Ever wonder why you don't have any friends? Maybe it's because you pick fights and call people names over idiotic little details.
"Ever wonder why you don't have any friends? "
No, because I have plenty, what kind of stupidity is that?
"Maybe it's because you pick fights and call people names over idiotic little details"
It's not hard, stop beginning your posts with "Actually" and you won't sound like a fucking asshole,especially when you're not correcting something.
See, THAT is my objection, you don't seem intelligent enough to get it.