How many persons buy TVs from Woot for the tax free, and discounted shipping bargains? I would bet that a lot of the jobs that are created by those "tax free sales" directly add to the tax base of Texas, though income tax, and indirectly through increased spending at local retailers (sales tax, and increased employees causing more income tax...).
I live in NC, and we have a large Dell facility in the state, so that means, when I buy a Dell, I pay NC tax, just like the folks in Washington pay their sales tax when they buy from Amazon.
As a consumer, I don't care (in general) where the money goes, my concern is the bottom line for what I am buying. If my laptop with tax is $900 through Dell, and $850 through Amazon, I am going to save $50 and go with the latter. It is irrelevant that the Dell price was $840 plus $60 that was is paid to the state.
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As a consumer, I don't care (in general) where the money goes, my concern is the bottom line for what I am buying. If my laptop with tax is $900 through Dell, and $850 through Amazon, I am going to save $50 and go with the latter. It is irrelevant that the Dell price was $840 plus $60 that was is paid to the state.
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