This is so convoluted! So far, Montanan's have held a sales tax at bay.
Surely there is a computer geek somewhere who can figure out a program to automatically add any states sales tax to any businesses sales at the time of the sale. What's the problem! ;>) Marsha Rubino Gimme Nails @ Skin Envy Day Spa 38 First Ave E. Ste. E Kalispell, MT 59901 406-755-3771 ________________________________ From: Diana Bonn <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, September 19, 2010 9:21:37 AM Subject: Re: NailTech:: online sales tax article Jeez, Lynnette, I forgot you went thru this. They way I understand this all, retail vs usage, vs home usage, you follow your state laws. Not the sales tax of the state you are purchasing from. So if you buy clothing from another state on-line. And your state does not have sales tax on clothing, then you don't have to pay it. If your state says that clothing is taxed then you have to pay it. This is self-reporting. Which means when you do your taxes at the end of the year, you have kept track of your out of state purchases(on-line) and keep track of what is taxable and what is not taxable and send your state the money. Which also means, that most would have NO idea what is taxable or not!!!!!!!! When we go to the local stores, the cash register keeps track of this, ever notice your grocery receipt???????? some items are hit with sales tax some or not. Now you would have to get a list from YOUR local taxing unit and find the list and keep track of this. Basically what is happening your state is saying hey wait a minute. Before the Internet, you would go shopping at your local malls, retail outlets and buy things, and paid sales tax. Now, with the Internet and on-line shopping, you are not purchasing items in our state, but other states, and we are losing money. We (the state) are losing money and we want it! Now what would be easier, and a pain in the butt for all on-line companies, is to get a tax id number for EACH State, then as the public purchase items, the on-line company would charge you the sales tax(YOUR STATE), and then the on-line company would send it to YOUR state. The paperwork would be enormous for these companies, maybe why they don't do it. So now my next question would be is how would YOUR state know that you didn't pay, how did they find out Lynnette owed? How did they find out about the on-line cigarettes being purchased? Seems to me that the on-line cigarette companies were either audited by the IRS which means they(the cigarette online company) had to give a list of names of people who purchased their product. Or they automatically (by some law) gave a list of names to the IRS and this triggered the inquiry. Of course then the IRS would notify your state taxing unit. I have no idea. Overwhelming paperwork issues for the on-line retailer. And for us also. The States are struggling. They are broke, and going to do anything to collect money so they can balance their budgets. And then we have the 1099 forms. And all this paperwork lands on the consumer and most of all business. We are all going to have to hire r own private bookkeepers to keep track of this crap!!!!!!!!!! LOLOL but hell then the unemployment rate will drop!!!!!!! Heck we could start something here...........on front of all Newspapers.............NAIL TECHS SAVE THE USA AND STATE ECONOMY BY PAPERWORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOLOLOLOL My best advice is when you go to your accountant this year, ask him questions. I am no accountant, I am just a news junkie who reads what is going on in the world. I wish we could get rid of ALL taxes and just go with a National Sales tax............then everyone would pay, even those that choose not to work, pay for what you purchase. Ahhhh, whole other subject and not going to happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!! diana from indiana At 07:51 AM 9/19/2010, you wrote: > ANYTHING that is purchased online and not taxed is to be kept track of by the >buyer. Not just for business, but personal items, too. > You then have to somewhat itemize what you bought and pay YOUR states tax. > It would be so much easier for everyone if where we purchased our goods would >just tax us. More paperwork for them. > I got hit with it. I know of someone who purchased cigarettes online and > wound >up paying boucoup bucks in taxes. > Big brother IS watching. > > Buenos dias! > Lynnette Diaz-Madden > > <http://www.facebook.com/nailtech>www.facebook.com/nailtech > www.salon29.net > > Salon 29-where pampering and > personal attention is on its way! > >> On Sep 19, 2010 12:28 AM, "Pati" <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> >>wrote: >> >> now...I thought "use" tax was for the products we used in our day to day biz >>life.... companies like TIS used to not charge any tax and I think the IRS >>caught up with them (a few years ago) and now everyone has to pay tax on >>everything that is not retailed.... I don't retail anymore so I do not have a >>tax id number.. so I pay tax for it all... so I am not really certain... >> >> Pati >> >> 'Good friends are like stars... >> You don't always see them, But you know they are always there. >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >> To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >> Sent: Sat, Sep 1... >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>"NailTech" group. >> To ... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"NailTech" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nailtech?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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