[TrudyM]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

Brick and mortar stores collect sales taxes for the government, so why shouldn't the internet do the same? When I had my store in FL, I sold a trailer load of furniture to a man who was going to haul it back to Canada. Did I send those taxes to Canada? No, I sent the tax money to the state of FL.

So I don't understand why it's going to be a nightmare just because there are 50 states. If something is sold out of Florida, internet or otherwise, I would think the tax goes to Florida.

Brick and mortar stores have to compete with internet sales, so I think it's only fair that they both play by the same rules. Those who purchase on the internet should pay their fair share, in my opinion. No more free rides.

And I like the regressive tax aspect of it for the many who don't pay any income tax, and those who get tax credits. At least they will contribute something if they have to pay the sales tax.

If you had shipped the goods for the customer to Canada he would have saved the sales tax. No state sales tax charged on items shipped out of state doesn't matter if it is from a brick and mortar or an internet warehouse . I have managed retail in Hawaii, Washington, Florida, New Hampshire and Kansas and all ship to's sent by the store out of state had no state sales tax collected unless laws were changed recently no tax should be collected unless the person purchased the stuff and shipped it himself. When I had customers buying expensive stuff from me when on vacation I would always figure out the sales tax versus the cost of shipping and give them the option.

Re Sales tax at stores location instead of destination that doesn't work IMHO.
Ok so Amazon has it's offices in Seattle you want to pay 10% tax on all purchases from Amazon. It has a system that ships from whatever warehouse can get it to you the fastest so would the sales tax go to the state that has the warehouse so you wouldn't know what you are paying until the item is shipped. It has to be none or the receipt location (the ship to) that is all that works. Also those of you relating this to national debt sales tax at the regional level has no affect on federal debt. Saying the alternative is state income tax doesn't work as the largest online retailer in the world is in a no income tax state. Or am I missing something