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Re: RE: New York judge OKs Amazon Tax I've never understood the argument that sales tax couldn't be collected by localities until "the nationwide patchwork of tax rates" is simplified. Somehow major retailers (I'm thinking someone like WalMart) are able to program their cash registers to figure out the myriad of tax rates charged by states, counties, and cities, so why can't Amazon? Also any telco, cable, or cellco company is able to figure out the correct taxes to charge, many of which vary by the subscriber's mailing address.
Most of these web retailers are selling physical products that need to be shipped to the seller. It would seem to me that after standardizing the delivery address, one could easily cross-reference that address with a giant list (most likely purchased from a third party) that says charge this amount of tax and remit to here. |
 rcdaileyDragoonflyPremium
join:2005-03-29
Rialto, CA | Sure, but you also have to make sure that you comply with the specific reporting requirements for each of the fifty states. That's why standardizing makes so much sense. They could take it one step further and have the federal government collect all sales taxes and then redistribute them to the appropriate states. That would really simply things for the retailers. |
