The Ecommerce Taxman Cometh?
from the watch-out dept
Analysts are now saying that the ban on ecommerce taxes is making less and less sense and they expect it to go away in the near future. They say it made sense for a while, since companies were trying to get established. However, now, they think most ecommerce offerings are well enough established that they can handle taxes. Of course, with all the struggling ecommerce offerings out there, I'm not sure this is true. Plus, as the article points out, the overhead of figuring out how to deal with so many different local tax regulations will probably kill some sites alone.
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Currently a nightmare
A solution could be to establish a nationwide sales tax, just for e-commerace. This e-tax would overide any state local tax. It may not be the best solution, but it is a consideration.
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This is different from mail-order?
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Re: This is different from mail-order?
company had a local presence, like Gateway.
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