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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
Until the states figure out what they are going to do and start enforcing it. Its going to be business as usual. Ain’t collecting something thats at this time UNLAWFUL. I’m not sure why everyone is in such a big hurry to pay any state anything. Slow down, relax, get a life.
As with many laws in the last few months. The “restrictions and requirements” and created by Big Monopolistic companies, especially designed to fit their needs and to block any possible opportunities for smaller companies. These laws are not affecting Amazon or Walmart, they will help them crush small sellers. I always try to tell people what is happening, most of the time they ignore me. Lets see what will happen with very few small sellers are left. Keep texting and chatting
“To prepare, online sellers should perform a nexus “profile” immediately”…. leverage a set of tools….. deep domain expertise….. in all 10,000 taxing jurisdictions across …..to the taxing authorities.”
Sure, right, I am starting right now, as you say, a great advice
Since 85% of all possible online sales taxes are already being collected, and considering that the remaining outstanding sales taxes are literally chump change to the states, the big question to my admittedly suspicious mind is why. Having effectively removed physical presence in a state as a requirement for a state to tax, what are the possible long term ramifications? Well, follow the money- the big money actually- which potentially is taxes on income. Hummm… Got a pension from a high tax state and move to one with no income tax to retire more comfortably, will that high tax state eventually be able to reach out and touch you? Why not? A tax is a tax….
Ill continue to collect tax for my state snd any tax bill i get ill forward yo my state treasury and let them know another state is trying to steal their revenue.
States collecting tax from other states is stupid and the supreme court can go to hell
When will brick and mortar stores be liable when an out of state rident buts from them? They need to send thise taxes to where the petson lives.
Most of the additional tax collected will go to where most tax collected from the American public already goes- to big companies and wealthy people. to corporate welfare. to tax cuts for big business, and to building up a corrupt infrastructure of government employees who work for Wall Street and the wealthy.