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February 14th, 2006, 07:15 PM | #16 | |||
Wrangler
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Two years ago they started including a box on NJ income tax returns for you to declare out of state purchases. Along with this introduction there was a paragraph explaining the tax, and saying that they had ways to catch you if you failed to voluntarily pay. Now I don't know if this was an idle threat, but it isn't too inconceivable that they could buy customer lists from out of state businesses.
I bet you will be surprised to find how many states have something like this if you do some Googling. For example - New York State is another one you can cross off your relocation list :-) http://www.tax.state.ny.us/pdf/publi...pub774_206.pdf Quote:
http://www.revenue.state.pa.us/reven...TION_ID=251597 Quote:
http://www.streamlinedsalestax.org/p...ntsigning.html Quote:
(EDIT) Sorry... I guess this is what you were referencing here "The federal government is, however, discussing the idea of implimenting a national sales tax so that everything purchased online will be taxed and turned into a federal collection agency." |
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February 15th, 2006, 01:09 PM | #17 |
New Boot
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Dang! This just keeps getting better and better... I think I can safely say at this time I am SO proud I am a Texan! You "yanks" got it rough. :) j/k, kinda.
But on a serious response here. I know of no procedure that is required by any company, other than listing the amount of out of state revenues gained, on a federal income tax form that would even come close to "reporting" out of state earnings. Not saying what they have "stated" on the NJ tax return is unenforceable, but I can't see how it could be. I, as a business owner, am responsible to collect MY state's sales tax..........some of the time. Many "types" of businesses are completely exempt and are not required to collect ANY sales tax on what they do AT ALL. It is determines SOLELY by the state the business is located. I'm sure things have changes a great deal since the internet has come into such force but I honestly think what they are doing is a disparate attempt to gain the revenue they are losing to "other" states. It appears to me that by doing what they are doing in each one of these cases you have shown on here is in essence "cutting their own throats". The act of requiring ME as an Alaskan resident to pay YOUR states sales tax, will just push me away from buying anything from your business. Businesses are a dime a dozen on the internet anymore and one Google search will save me a chunk of money on cost, shipping and on taxes. Secondly, if I am not "using" that product in YOUR state they are subjecting me to double taxation IF I am required, as you are, to pay usage tax in my own home state. There are only two solutions to their problem and I have no doubt one will eventually happen... Either 1). all businesses will be required to collect their own states sales tax across the board and no usage taxes will be charged, or 2). every business will not be collect any taxes and every state will instill a usage tax across the board OR 3). and this is the one I think will actually happen, sales taxes will be charges on personal face to face sales and ALL mail order sales will pay a National Tax and the federal government will decide how to "split" it (or whether to split it) with individual states. As for Alaska, this is straight from the Alaska State web site: Only 13 Cities located outside of Boroughs levy a property tax. Therefore, only 25 municipalities in Alaska (either cities or boroughs) levy a property tax. 90 municipalities (reporting) levy a general sales tax. Sales tax rates range from a low of 1% to a high of 7%. The "typical" sales tax rates are from 3%-5%. Other types of local taxes levied are raw fish taxes, hotel/motel "bed" taxes, severance taxes, liquor and tobacco taxes, gaming (pull tabs) taxes and fuel transfer taxes. In 2005 local governments generated approximately $1.07 billion in revenues from property, sales and severance taxes. Of that amount $858.4 million was from property taxes. There is no statewide sales tax levied. There is no personal state income tax. |
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