re: States Want to Force Online Retailers to Collect Billions in Sales Tax

Then the state can take 0.008 as I throw my two cents into how fricking asinine the whole thing is.


Any major retailer who has a presence in the state is already collecting the tax.

Any major etailer big enough to be pushing for this is already collecting the tax.

I could get a frick about the tax on something order from a small company with no physical presence in 49 out of 50 states, especially if it is a small purchase.


Use tax on big ticket items bought elsewhere is understandable.

Tax on a few dollars of cheap toys for my kids just pisses me off.

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Plus, the no sales tax on internet sales, puts you local business owners at more of a disadvantage which can also harm the local community as they start to go out of business.

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And buying used items is a disadvantage to local businesses. Having a local storefront is a disadvantage to online retailers who aren't as convenient. You could go on.

Bottomline is there are advantages and disadvantages for everyone. Trying to make things equitable is futile.

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Apparently, if you exist in a state, you should pay that state a fee for every purchase ever made anywhere.

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It's the only way the state can continue to dole out over $6k/person in wealth redistribution schemes.

Louisiana just passed a $30Billion budget for the year. According to louisiana.gov census it comes out to over $6400/person in the state.

Somehow, I seem to be missing my share of this, how about you Scruffster? Oh that's right, we're the wrong demographic in the "rob from the rich and give to the poor" Robin Hood fantasy that dominates politically.

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should I have to pay both Louisiana and Mississippi state taxes? WHO gets to say what taxes I have to pay? It’s nonsense.

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You would owe use tax where you use it. If you bought something online, shipped it to your house in Louisiana, but then take it "put it into service" in Ms then you would owe Ms use tax.

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It's the only way the state can continue to dole out over $6k/person in wealth redistribution schemes.

Louisiana just passed a $30Billion budget for the year. According to louisiana.gov census it comes out to over $6400/person in the state.

Somehow, I seem to be missing my share of this, how about you Scruffster? Oh that's right, we're the wrong demographic in the "rob from the rich and give to the poor" Robin Hood fantasy that dominates politically.

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I don't know the dollar amount of use tax for Louisiana is, but I'd bet it's 2% or less of total revenue so you're just wrong. Most experts use tax is about 5% collectable and 95% goes uncollected.

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You would owe use tax where you use it. If you bought something online, shipped it to your house in Louisiana, but then take it "put it into service" in Ms then you would owe Ms use tax.

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And then if you move to another state, you should pay them a tax to use it there too.

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And then if you move to another state, you should pay them a tax to use it there too.

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No because it's already been taxed. Sales tax is paid at the transaction point and use tax is paid when the tangible personal property is put into service. It's not taxed after that.

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That makes no damn good sense whatsoever. If I’m in California on vacation and purchase online shaving supplies from Massachusetts and I’m a Louisiana resident, how much tax should I owe? What if I go into a store in California and buy toothpaste, and since I’m from Louisiana, does Louisiana get a cut?

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Louisiana resident wasn't the right way to say it, but the state should get a tax on all receipts of sale sold in the state. Idk how you write it or define it, maybe you use the shipping or billing address.

This rule is way past due. I mean a company become the most valuable in the world by getting around sales tax.

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But they aren’t doing business in the state.

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They're selling a product in the state, they just don't have a brick and mortar store.