http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113s743es/pdf/BILLS-113s743es.pdf
Yes, it requires taxes be paid to the state, however it does speak of rate
changes at the local level. It is a poorly written bill and it leaves the
merchant in a position of needing to comply at the actual jurisdiction level.
In other words it will require collecting differing tax rates within a state
based on location and the local taxing authority. There will be compliance
issue. If you have ever collected sales tax you can get the jest of it,
however on a much grander level.
The bill talks about software. What language? What OS? What if I have
everything in PHP on the web and I only run Linux or Apple and the software is
compiled to run on M$ only? How to I interface this with my shopping cart?
Basically this is a bill written by people who have never been in business and
who could care less about us in the trenches.
For me this is a substantial issue that could cause me to lose a client that
could very well sell off because compliance is going to be a nightmare.
Read the bill, it is very vague and leave everything to the states. I see 50
different sets of compliance. I see the requirement to have a tax license in
every state. Even if they only charge $30 for a license that is $1500 and what
about all the time to contact each state, and complete all the docs they
require. Yikes. It could take weeks just to acquire all the licenses.
Then what about all the reporting on a monthly basis. This will be a huge
burden.
Please read the bill and assure me I am wrong, because I want to be wrong in
this area.
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Keith Smith
--- On Tue, 5/7/13, Dazed_75 <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Dazed_75 <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: OT: Internet Sales Tax Passes the U.S. Senate
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 5:11 PM
I am reasonably sure this is only at the state level. Has anyone actually read
it to verify is local is included somewhere?
On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 4:23 PM, keith smith <[email protected]> wrote:
I assume form what I am reading that one will have to have a sales license in
each state and collect sales tax based on local and report that to the state
and give the money to the state. They state would then disburse the money.
I further assume the online retailer would be subject to audit by any one of
the taxing authorities.
The audits could be worse than collecting and reporting the tax.
About two weeks ago I wrote an article about online sales tax :
http://www.netcodeman.com/news/internet-retail-sales-tax-and-how-it-may-effect-the-online-retailer/
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Keith Smith
--- On Tue, 5/7/13, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr.
<[email protected]> wrote:
From: Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: OT: Internet Sales Tax Passes the U.S. Senate
To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 3:22 PM
Taxes are a pain. I believe it will
probably be taxing only to the state level, and not county and
city. I do not know how this would work. Do you have to register
your tax id in every state? File paperwork in every state? How do
states know that you have made transactions within their borders?
This seems like it would be a logistical nightmare. I remember
when I had an operation in TX, that was a headache and a half. I
cannot image nationally.
Gilbert
On 5/7/2013 8:48 AM, keith smith wrote:
The U.S. Senate passed the Internet Sales Tax Bill. Jeff
Flake's office says he voted against it and John McCain's
office said he voted FOR it.
It is being reported there in some 9,600 taxing
authorities in the U.S. Add to that 560 or so Indian
tribe taxing authorities. That is over 10,000 taxing
authorities. Yikes!! Any company with 1 million in sales
will be required to comply. I can tell you that a company
that has 1 million in sales is not a big company. That
online retailer might consist of 2 or 3 employees with
some additional help from a number of consultants and
potentially a fulfillment center.
From first hand experience, I would say this law, if
passed by the U.S. House, will cause a bunch of small
online retailers to either go out of business or reduce
sales through raising prices or some other method.
This may very well play out like ObamaCare where companies
are reducing the hours of their employees so they have
less than 50 full-time employees. In other words we will
experience the unintended consequences of these laws.
These polices effect each of us.
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