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TEXAS: Amazon to collect taxes July 1st

11,418 1,384 April 27, 2012 at 08:15 AM in Chat (2)
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Amazon.com and the Texas Comptroller said Friday that Amazon will begin to collect Texas state sales tax beginning July 1, in an agreement that Comptroller Susan Combs said "resolves all sales tax issues between Texas and Amazon."
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linly: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/27/3917205/amazoncom-agrees-to-begin-collecting.html
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Voluble
05-13-2012 at 09:42 AM.
05-13-2012 at 09:42 AM.
In Tennessee they made Amazon send out a notice that people are supposed to pay a use tax or some such damned thing but also said they are not turning their records over to the state government so there is really no reason to comply that I can see.

Wal-mart is no different than every other store. When you live in a socialist country you have to pay the bribes and lobby the gatekeepers to get the things you should have had anyway. Wal-mart is not immune to that. I just moved closer to a Wal-mart so I am very happy right now. Inflation is sky high for foodstuffs and other necessities of living regardless of what the official government number is so whatever I can do to keep those expenses down is a godsend.
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microkelvin
05-13-2012 at 09:48 AM.
05-13-2012 at 09:48 AM.
party will soon over to every other states. just enjoy whatever you can now. if 1 state can ask to collect tax, the others will follow soon.
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05-13-2012 at 09:49 AM.
05-13-2012 at 09:49 AM.
Quote from Voluble :
In Tennessee they made Amazon send out a notice that people are supposed to pay a use tax or some such damned thing but also said they are not turning their records over to the state government so there is really no reason to comply that I can see.

Wal-mart is no different than every other store. When you live in a socialist country you have to pay the bribes and lobby the gatekeepers to get the things you should have had anyway. Wal-mart is not immune to that. I just moved closer to a Wal-mart so I am very happy right now. Inflation is sky high for foodstuffs and other necessities of living regardless of what the official government number is so whatever I can do to keep those expenses down is a godsend.
Want to guess how walmart gets Chinese crap to their stores? Using that socialist interstate system. DERP.
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Nollywood
05-13-2012 at 09:49 AM.
05-13-2012 at 09:49 AM.
Buy up Amazon shares on July 1, 2012 for cheap and sell for big later on.
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ppysr
05-13-2012 at 09:56 AM.
05-13-2012 at 09:56 AM.
Quote from unlimitedx :
The upside I see for texans is that amazon will be warehouse facilities to Texas so there will probably be shorter delivery times
Amazon can move it's warehouse out of Texas, I have two day Prime shipping anyways LMAO
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rapidfire94
05-13-2012 at 10:03 AM.
05-13-2012 at 10:03 AM.
Quote from Nollywood :
Buy up Amazon shares on July 1, 2012 for cheap and sell for big later on.
Amazon will lose revenue because of this. I make 100-150 purchases a year from Amazon. This will reduce my buying from them 30-40% because a lot of my purchases are made due to the fact I don't pay tax. Tax revenue does not count towards Amazon's bottom line and has to be reimbursed to the state. They will lose money and revenue because of this. And since when is $220+ a share cheap?
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r81984
05-13-2012 at 10:11 AM.
05-13-2012 at 10:11 AM.
Im canceling my amazon prime in July even if I dont get any refund for half the year left.
Amazon sucks for doing this.
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truelies
05-13-2012 at 10:38 AM.
05-13-2012 at 10:38 AM.
I will move to new egg.
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05-13-2012 at 10:38 AM.
05-13-2012 at 10:38 AM.
repost x100
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dark_velocities
05-13-2012 at 10:42 AM.
05-13-2012 at 10:42 AM.
Quote from r81984 :
Im canceling my amazon prime in July even if I dont get any refund for half the year left.
Amazon sucks for doing this.
While this sucks, you do realize this is not actually Amazon's fault but rather forced compliance with the state? Blame your lawmakers, not Amazon.
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dealkk
05-13-2012 at 10:47 AM.
05-13-2012 at 10:47 AM.
I agree, i dont think amazon want this. They know it will hurt them. This will sure drop my order yearly about 30-50%.
Quote from dark_velocities :
While this sucks, you do realize this is not actually Amazon's fault but rather forced compliance with the state? Blame your lawmakers, not Amazon.
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05-13-2012 at 10:49 AM.
05-13-2012 at 10:49 AM.
Quote from bubbadog :
Saw in today's paper ...

Did you pick up a copy of last month's paper by mistake?
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urfrendlipiro
05-13-2012 at 10:50 AM.
05-13-2012 at 10:50 AM.
It's a bit ridiculous that people are complaining about this considering you're supposed to be paying this tax already. Just because online retailers don't collect tax unless they have business in the state doesn't mean you don't have to pay it. What happens when the IRS starts enforcing this with all online retailers... are you going to stop purchasing online altogether? I doubt it.
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Iaaaiws
05-13-2012 at 12:58 PM.
05-13-2012 at 12:58 PM.
This must be the thread where all of the tax evaders come to whine that they will now have to pay the tax that they were always supposed to be paying.

Instead of bitching about Amazon you should be thanking them for all of the years they made it easy for you to commit your illegal tax evasion.
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05-13-2012 at 01:00 PM.
05-13-2012 at 01:00 PM.
Quote from rapidfire94 :
Amazon will lose revenue because of this. I make 100-150 purchases a year from Amazon. This will reduce my buying from them 30-40% because a lot of my purchases are made due to the fact I don't pay tax. Tax revenue does not count towards Amazon's bottom line and has to be reimbursed to the state. They will lose money and revenue because of this. And since when is $220+ a share cheap?
Step 1: look up item on amazon
Step 2: Click on other sellers
Step 3: buy same item at prob the same price with no sales tax, fulfilled by amazon
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