UHH..Ya..right,I'm right behind you in line Jimmy. LOL X

Yeah ..uh sure! I put my $200 of cigar purchases on my taxes last year. Under the heading "Entertainment Expenses". Heck Uncle Sam paid me to smoke.

I have never heard of this law. You are trying to say I have to pay my state taxes on things I buy from the mail? Thats BS. Next you will tell me I have to pay my state taxes on the souveniers I got at Disneyland. If you are talking about tobacco tax then ours is like 10 cents per $10.00.

GYO: Go check the laws yourself, or call the IRS and ask when you file your taxes ... you are REQUIRED to pay sales tax on virtually ANY item you purchase unless you are sales tax exempt...

Actually the term sales tax is incorrect when you are referring to the taxes that are suppose to be paid on out of state purchases. The proper term is "use tax". The US Supreme Court ruled in National Bellas Hess in 1967, that the Constitution prohibited merchants from collecting taxes on purchases made by out of state customers if their business had no physical presence in that state. Consumers are still required to report these purchases and pay the use tax. In the case of tobacco products that also carry an excise tax, consumers are also suppose to report these. But, since the Supreme court ruled that retailers are prohibited from collecting the tax and later ruled that the retailers were not obligated to report the sales to the various states, enforcement is almost impossible. The internet tax freedom act didn't change any of this. It only prohibited the introduction of "new taxes" that the government feared would stifle the growth of internet e-commerce. Many state govenments are pushing for a nationwide use tax program to recover these lost revenues but it will take congressional action since the states don't have the power individually to regulate interstate commerce. Some states were trying to get the US postal service and other delivery services to report deliveries. So far none of them have agreed. Considering that internet sales have grown to about $15 billion per year and will probably hit $100 billion per year within the next ten years the individual states stand to lose 4 to 5 billion annually. These are revenues that are needed for public service such as education, law enforcement and fire protection. The money has to come from somewhere. If not from sales/use tax then they'll raise local taxes or property taxes to make up for the losses. sorry for the looooooooooong post.

PENTZ8: Correct you are ... I was not about to get 'too technical' on this issue though...
it appears that the prehistoric resistance factors have the propensity to supercede any thought process of learning. Anyway, here it is....


104th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 545

To authorize collection of certain State and local taxes with respect to the sale, delivery, and use of tangible personal property.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

A BILL

To authorize collection of certain State and local taxes with respect to the sale, delivery, and use of tangible personal property.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Consumer and Main Street Protection Act of 1995'.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that--

(1) merchandise purchased from out-of-State firms is subject to State and local sales taxes in the same manner as merchandise purchased from in-State firms,

(2) State and local governments generally are unable to compel out-of-State firms to collect and remit such taxes, and consequently, many out-of-State firms choose not to collect State and local taxes on merchandise delivered across State lines,


http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c104:S.545 :

I did a research paper on internet taxation issues for my ebusiness course last semester. It was pretty interesting. One of the more interesting trends is some of the major retailers like Walmart and Kmart have created ebusinesses separate from their brick and mortar stores just so they won't have to deal with collecting taxes.

When CA starts trying to collect taxes on this stuff is when I move out of this damn state!! I love everything about it except for tobacco related laws and the complete lack of personal resposibility!! Why should CA make 50% or more on my cigar purchases?? I just saw some schmuck pay $20 for a don diego tonight, enough is enough!!

Through the bums out!