Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Paying Taxes for Online Purchases?



You probably don't want to pay sales tax for online purchase, but you should. There's no strong argument that Internet commerce should receive more favorable tax treatment than shopping at a store in person. A post I wrote earlier this week argued this point. It posed the question: why aren't states doing more to pursue collecting sales tax from online retailers? In fact, some are.

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2 comments:

  1. I thought the tax paid was the same no matter if it was in store or online. Nice info.

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  2. Store, Internet, whats the difference?. Its still a sale so tax is due.

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