Taxing internet purchases.

08-22-10, 01:27 AM

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Takeda Shingen · 08-22-10, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by The Third Man

The upside is that it takes more people to answer the phone than computers to register a purchase.

But I'm sure you smart guys have thought of that.

Yes, it does. But just as your telephone operation trumps an internet outfit in terms of employment volume, so does my brick-and-mortar trump your telephone operation.

08-22-10, 01:43 AM

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Sailor Steve · 08-22-10, 01:44 AM

I hadn't thought about it at all. I was looking at the situation as it directly affects me.

I also missed your note on states that have already put it into law. Here in Utah we have a state sales tax. I was thinking on a national level. If it gets applied to the internet here it probably wouldn't change my habits at all. I already pay a sales tax on everything else; if it was applied to the internet as well I'll probably take it in stride and not think about it again.

I do seem to recall it being brought up in the past, now that you mention it, and some debate locally as to whether people would fight it or not. I don't remember much about it though.

08-22-10, 01:49 AM

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View Poll Results: Internet tax
Yes I will continue to use the internet, and pay the tax	6	50.00%
No, I won't use the internet, and pay the tax	0	0%
I'll start phoning in my orders to avoid the tax.	6	50.00%
All taxes are good so I'll do whatever it take to pay more.	0	0%
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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I hadn't thought about it at all. I was looking at the situation as it directly affects me. I also missed your note on states that have already put it into law. Here in Utah we have a state sales tax. I was thinking on a national level. If it gets applied to the internet here it probably wouldn't change my habits at all. I already pay a sales tax on everything else; if it was applied to the internet as well I'll probably take it in stride and not think about it again. I do seem to recall it being brought up in the past, now that you mention it, and some debate locally as to whether people would fight it or not. I don't remember much about it though. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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