"Frogwatch" wrote in message
...

A friend and I were discussing the state budget and he advocated a
sales tax on internet sales.
Sales taxes are supposed to be to fund infrastructure related to the
company but if the company is not in the state where the purchaser is
located, then it is simply another tax for no purpose.

It is often said that internet sales compete unfairly with local brick
and mortar stores. I do not think this is true very often. Most of
the time, if you are going to purchase something, you want to see it
first so you would prefer to go to a local vendor. If the local
vendor either does not have the item or is so inconvenient as to
discourage a sale, then you buy online. If you know exactly what you
want and the local vendor charges too much you buy online and you save
the gas it would take to go to the local vendor. So, this idea of
unfair competition is simply a myth.

How would a company deal with an internet sales tax, badly I am sure.
Can you imagine having to report sales to 50 different states and even
then some cities charge their own tax. The paperwork alone would
drive some companies out of business. So much for job creation.

*******************

They do it up here... although there are only ten provinces and three
territories.
If I order something from Ontario.. they have no problem applying out 15%
HST rate.

True North wrote:


"Frogwatch" wrote in message
...

A friend and I were discussing the state budget and he advocated a
sales tax on internet sales.
Sales taxes are supposed to be to fund infrastructure related to the
company but if the company is not in the state where the purchaser is
located, then it is simply another tax for no purpose.

It is often said that internet sales compete unfairly with local brick
and mortar stores. I do not think this is true very often. Most of
the time, if you are going to purchase something, you want to see it
first so you would prefer to go to a local vendor. If the local
vendor either does not have the item or is so inconvenient as to
discourage a sale, then you buy online. If you know exactly what you
want and the local vendor charges too much you buy online and you save
the gas it would take to go to the local vendor. So, this idea of
unfair competition is simply a myth.

How would a company deal with an internet sales tax, badly I am sure.
Can you imagine having to report sales to 50 different states and even
then some cities charge their own tax. The paperwork alone would
drive some companies out of business. So much for job creation.

*******************

They do it up here... although there are only ten provinces and three
territories.
If I order something from Ontario.. they have no problem applying out
15% HST rate.


If you order something on line here and the merchant has a store in your
state, the sales tax is collected.

On 08/04/2011 10:27 AM, Harryk wrote:
True North wrote:


"Frogwatch" wrote in message
...

A friend and I were discussing the state budget and he advocated a
sales tax on internet sales.
Sales taxes are supposed to be to fund infrastructure related to the
company but if the company is not in the state where the purchaser is
located, then it is simply another tax for no purpose.

It is often said that internet sales compete unfairly with local brick
and mortar stores. I do not think this is true very often. Most of
the time, if you are going to purchase something, you want to see it
first so you would prefer to go to a local vendor. If the local
vendor either does not have the item or is so inconvenient as to
discourage a sale, then you buy online. If you know exactly what you
want and the local vendor charges too much you buy online and you save
the gas it would take to go to the local vendor. So, this idea of
unfair competition is simply a myth.

How would a company deal with an internet sales tax, badly I am sure.
Can you imagine having to report sales to 50 different states and even
then some cities charge their own tax. The paperwork alone would
drive some companies out of business. So much for job creation.

*******************

They do it up here... although there are only ten provinces and three
territories.
If I order something from Ontario.. they have no problem applying out
15% HST rate.


If you order something on line here and the merchant has a store in your
state, the sales tax is collected.

Funny, maybe Obama should apply a national GST and set it to 20% on
everything so he can balance the budget.

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:54:16 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:

On 08/04/2011 10:27 AM, Harryk wrote:
True North wrote:


"Frogwatch" wrote in message
...

A friend and I were discussing the state budget and he advocated a
sales tax on internet sales.
Sales taxes are supposed to be to fund infrastructure related to the
company but if the company is not in the state where the purchaser is
located, then it is simply another tax for no purpose.

It is often said that internet sales compete unfairly with local brick
and mortar stores. I do not think this is true very often. Most of
the time, if you are going to purchase something, you want to see it
first so you would prefer to go to a local vendor. If the local
vendor either does not have the item or is so inconvenient as to
discourage a sale, then you buy online. If you know exactly what you
want and the local vendor charges too much you buy online and you save
the gas it would take to go to the local vendor. So, this idea of
unfair competition is simply a myth.

How would a company deal with an internet sales tax, badly I am sure.
Can you imagine having to report sales to 50 different states and even
then some cities charge their own tax. The paperwork alone would
drive some companies out of business. So much for job creation.

*******************

They do it up here... although there are only ten provinces and three
territories.
If I order something from Ontario.. they have no problem applying out
15% HST rate.


If you order something on line here and the merchant has a store in your
state, the sales tax is collected.

Funny, maybe Obama should apply a national GST and set it to 20% on
everything so he can balance the budget.

Maybe you should stop being a racist for 30 seconds.

In article ,
says...

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:54:16 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:

On 08/04/2011 10:27 AM, Harryk wrote:
True North wrote:


"Frogwatch" wrote in message
...

A friend and I were discussing the state budget and he advocated a
sales tax on internet sales.
Sales taxes are supposed to be to fund infrastructure related to the
company but if the company is not in the state where the purchaser is
located, then it is simply another tax for no purpose.

It is often said that internet sales compete unfairly with local brick
and mortar stores. I do not think this is true very often. Most of
the time, if you are going to purchase something, you want to see it
first so you would prefer to go to a local vendor. If the local
vendor either does not have the item or is so inconvenient as to
discourage a sale, then you buy online. If you know exactly what you
want and the local vendor charges too much you buy online and you save
the gas it would take to go to the local vendor. So, this idea of
unfair competition is simply a myth.

How would a company deal with an internet sales tax, badly I am sure.
Can you imagine having to report sales to 50 different states and even
then some cities charge their own tax. The paperwork alone would
drive some companies out of business. So much for job creation.

*******************

They do it up here... although there are only ten provinces and three
territories.
If I order something from Ontario.. they have no problem applying out
15% HST rate.


If you order something on line here and the merchant has a store in your
state, the sales tax is collected.

Funny, maybe Obama should apply a national GST and set it to 20% on
everything so he can balance the budget.

Maybe you should stop being a racist for 30 seconds.

Ok, please explain, what did he say there that was anywhere near a
racist remark? YOU are the one always bringing up race!

On Fri, 8 Apr 2011 14:08:21 -0400, HarryisPaul wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:54:16 -0600, Canuck57
wrote:

On 08/04/2011 10:27 AM, Harryk wrote:
True North wrote:


"Frogwatch" wrote in message
...

A friend and I were discussing the state budget and he advocated a
sales tax on internet sales.
Sales taxes are supposed to be to fund infrastructure related to the
company but if the company is not in the state where the purchaser is
located, then it is simply another tax for no purpose.

It is often said that internet sales compete unfairly with local brick
and mortar stores. I do not think this is true very often. Most of
the time, if you are going to purchase something, you want to see it
first so you would prefer to go to a local vendor. If the local
vendor either does not have the item or is so inconvenient as to
discourage a sale, then you buy online. If you know exactly what you
want and the local vendor charges too much you buy online and you save
the gas it would take to go to the local vendor. So, this idea of
unfair competition is simply a myth.

How would a company deal with an internet sales tax, badly I am sure.
Can you imagine having to report sales to 50 different states and even
then some cities charge their own tax. The paperwork alone would
drive some companies out of business. So much for job creation.

*******************

They do it up here... although there are only ten provinces and three
territories.
If I order something from Ontario.. they have no problem applying out
15% HST rate.


If you order something on line here and the merchant has a store in your
state, the sales tax is collected.

Funny, maybe Obama should apply a national GST and set it to 20% on
everything so he can balance the budget.

Maybe you should stop being a racist for 30 seconds.

Ok, please explain, what did he say there that was anywhere near a
racist remark? YOU are the one always bringing up race!

Not a damn thing. He just blames Obama for everything, over and over
and over. YOU are one of the little men who hides behind sockpuppies
because you're not enough of a man to speak with one voice.

On 08/04/2011 11:17 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:54:16 -0600,
wrote:

On 08/04/2011 10:27 AM, Harryk wrote:
True North wrote:


"Frogwatch" wrote in message
...

A friend and I were discussing the state budget and he advocated a
sales tax on internet sales.
Sales taxes are supposed to be to fund infrastructure related to the
company but if the company is not in the state where the purchaser is
located, then it is simply another tax for no purpose.

It is often said that internet sales compete unfairly with local brick
and mortar stores. I do not think this is true very often. Most of
the time, if you are going to purchase something, you want to see it
first so you would prefer to go to a local vendor. If the local
vendor either does not have the item or is so inconvenient as to
discourage a sale, then you buy online. If you know exactly what you
want and the local vendor charges too much you buy online and you save
the gas it would take to go to the local vendor. So, this idea of
unfair competition is simply a myth.

How would a company deal with an internet sales tax, badly I am sure.
Can you imagine having to report sales to 50 different states and even
then some cities charge their own tax. The paperwork alone would
drive some companies out of business. So much for job creation.

*******************

They do it up here... although there are only ten provinces and three
territories.
If I order something from Ontario.. they have no problem applying out
15% HST rate.


If you order something on line here and the merchant has a store in your
state, the sales tax is collected.

Funny, maybe Obama should apply a national GST and set it to 20% on
everything so he can balance the budget.

Maybe you should stop being a racist for 30 seconds.

So is race and excuse or a reason? Funny, I didn't think race had
anything to do with it.

Addiction to debt is a disease that can strike any race.

On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:27:14 -0400, Harryk
wrote:

True North wrote:


"Frogwatch" wrote in message
...

A friend and I were discussing the state budget and he advocated a
sales tax on internet sales.
Sales taxes are supposed to be to fund infrastructure related to the
company but if the company is not in the state where the purchaser is
located, then it is simply another tax for no purpose.

It is often said that internet sales compete unfairly with local brick
and mortar stores. I do not think this is true very often. Most of
the time, if you are going to purchase something, you want to see it
first so you would prefer to go to a local vendor. If the local
vendor either does not have the item or is so inconvenient as to
discourage a sale, then you buy online. If you know exactly what you
want and the local vendor charges too much you buy online and you save
the gas it would take to go to the local vendor. So, this idea of
unfair competition is simply a myth.

How would a company deal with an internet sales tax, badly I am sure.
Can you imagine having to report sales to 50 different states and even
then some cities charge their own tax. The paperwork alone would
drive some companies out of business. So much for job creation.

*******************

They do it up here... although there are only ten provinces and three
territories.
If I order something from Ontario.. they have no problem applying out
15% HST rate.


If you order something on line here and the merchant has a store in your
state, the sales tax is collected.

Even if it's just a storage/shipping facility.

Harryk wrote:
True North wrote:


"Frogwatch" wrote in message
...


A friend and I were discussing the state budget and he advocated a
sales tax on internet sales.
Sales taxes are supposed to be to fund infrastructure related to the
company but if the company is not in the state where the purchaser is
located, then it is simply another tax for no purpose.

It is often said that internet sales compete unfairly with local brick
and mortar stores. I do not think this is true very often. Most of
the time, if you are going to purchase something, you want to see it
first so you would prefer to go to a local vendor. If the local
vendor either does not have the item or is so inconvenient as to
discourage a sale, then you buy online. If you know exactly what you
want and the local vendor charges too much you buy online and you save
the gas it would take to go to the local vendor. So, this idea of
unfair competition is simply a myth.

How would a company deal with an internet sales tax, badly I am sure.
Can you imagine having to report sales to 50 different states and even
then some cities charge their own tax. The paperwork alone would
drive some companies out of business. So much for job creation.

*******************

They do it up here... although there are only ten provinces and three
territories.
If I order something from Ontario.. they have no problem applying out
15% HST rate.


If you order something on line here and the merchant has a store in
your state, the sales tax is collected.
No kidding. I hope you didn't have to use Google for that huge insight.

On 08/04/2011 10:20 AM, True North wrote:


"Frogwatch" wrote in message
...

A friend and I were discussing the state budget and he advocated a
sales tax on internet sales.
Sales taxes are supposed to be to fund infrastructure related to the
company but if the company is not in the state where the purchaser is
located, then it is simply another tax for no purpose.

It is often said that internet sales compete unfairly with local brick
and mortar stores. I do not think this is true very often. Most of
the time, if you are going to purchase something, you want to see it
first so you would prefer to go to a local vendor. If the local
vendor either does not have the item or is so inconvenient as to
discourage a sale, then you buy online. If you know exactly what you
want and the local vendor charges too much you buy online and you save
the gas it would take to go to the local vendor. So, this idea of
unfair competition is simply a myth.

How would a company deal with an internet sales tax, badly I am sure.
Can you imagine having to report sales to 50 different states and even
then some cities charge their own tax. The paperwork alone would
drive some companies out of business. So much for job creation.

*******************

They do it up here... although there are only ten provinces and three
territories.
If I order something from Ontario.. they have no problem applying out
15% HST rate.

Now you know why I moved to Alberta in 1980. I could see the Ontario
tax greed being a real wealth killer. Was I so right.

You are happy paying $4500 in HST when I pay the lowest in Canada at
$1500 GST for a $30,000 auto?

Works that way with income tax and utilities too, I pay less and have more.

So are you a social welfare case worried about the Ontario government
bankruptcy?

I can't help but laugh. All my old Ontario buddies still work and are
in debt. Sad but true. All sucked into government knows best.

So now that I am not paying exorbitant huge fat Ottawa government wage
taxes any more....guess they are broke too.