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| Thread ID: 118687 | 2011-06-16 22:30:00 | Tax Wars Heat Up (US Content) | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 1209787 | 2011-06-16 22:30:00 | Just when you thought it was gonna all go away and that the specter of Taxation Without Representation - (remember THAT, Huh Britain?) - here comes Governor ReRun Brown::: In California - lawmakers have sent to the governor a bill that for shoppers would mean the end of avoiding sales taxes by buying goods online . Under federal law, retailers that do not have a physical presence in a state are not required to collect taxes in that state . But many cash-strapped states are attempting to change that . Retailers such as Washington-based Amazon . com and Utah-based Overstock . com have threatened to dump their California affiliates — many of them small businesses — over the issue . But Pat May of the Mercury News reports that many small businesses support the measure — even though some of them would lose the exposure and reach that the massive online retailers provide — because they Amazon and others have an unfair advantage . Amazon has not hesitated to get rid of its affiliates elsewhere; it recently did so in Arkansas and Connecticut, where similar laws were enacted . Here’s where the fighting words come in . Mark Griffin of The Merc says of Overstock’s general counsel, who makes no pretense that his company views small businesses as expendable: “What these legislators don’t seem to understand is that in every state that’s enacted such a law, we have discontinued our relationship with our affiliates and it hasn’t affected our business at all . … We understand the difficulty it creates for our affiliates, but it’s not a difficult decision for us to make . ” What’s at stake here? California's bill for collecting online taxes would bring in about $200 million a year to the economically struggling state . The measure, by the way, was part of a last-minute state budget passed by the legislature Wednesday night which has now been vetoed by Governor Moonbeam . Maybe I shouldn't have posted this - Upsidedown Land may get a few new ideas . |
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| 1209788 | 2011-06-16 22:35:00 | We have the same discussion going on here Joe. | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1209789 | 2011-06-16 22:42:00 | Will the politicians take a pay cut? Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah hah. |
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| 1209790 | 2011-06-16 22:55:00 | Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah hah. |
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