The eBay emails appear real since it can also be accessed on my actual eBay site. I cannot imagine what a pain it would be to sell 20 items on eBay each to a buyer in a different state and be required to file the paperwork to pay taxes on each of those sales. This is a formula for disaster.
Thomas Knox > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:04:58 -0400 > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] S743 Marketplace Fariness Act > > The ebay message re this law is probably legit. In any case > the congress IS considering such a law. In essence it forces > all internet sellers to collect the sales tax due in the buyers state. If you > live in a state with a law requiring that sales tax be paid on all out of > state purchases (internet or not), often called a "use" tax, as the buyer you > are required to pay this tax. The taxes already are on the books, they are > often not enforced. > > You can learn all about this with a Google search which will reveal all sorts > of opinions. Here is one that is not too > bad: > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/2013/04/23/five-things-you-should-know-about-the-long-overdue-online-sales-tax-bill/ > > If you already comply with the law and do a lot of internet purchases; > passage will relieve you of a pain in the ass accounting job at tax time. If > your state has no such tax or if you avoid paying it, though your state > requires it, passage will cost you some sale taxes you would have otherwise > escaped. > > One nasty consequence is that the software to pull this off is non-trivial > since local sales taxes in many states vary by county, school district, local > bond issues and so on. How that is handled should be amusing. > > -73 john k6iql > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
