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Technically, no internet sales were tax free before this decision.  The consumer is responsible for remitting consumer's use tax on all purchases where the seller did not collect sales tax.

Amazon has been collecting sales tax from me for some time now.  Is that because it's Texas and I'm likely buying items stored in Texas?  I never really went out of my way to purchase things online to avoid the sales tax.  I often found that the shipping costs would eat into those savings. 

1 hour ago, retsevlys said:

Technically, no internet sales were tax free before this decision.  The consumer is responsible for remitting consumer's use tax on all purchases where the seller did not collect sales tax.

I'll get right on that.

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55 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

Amazon has been collecting sales tax from me for some time now.  Is that because it's Texas and I'm likely buying items stored in Texas?  I never really went out of my way to purchase things online to avoid the sales tax.  I often found that the shipping costs would eat into those savings. 

Bro do you even eBay? eBay and many internet retailers do not charge tax for residents in Texas.  Well, didn't.

Yeah but then they charge shipping that would offset tax savings.  Or at least that was the case in my limited experience.

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Just now, Gene Parmesan said:

Yeah but then they charge shipping that would offset tax savings.  Or at least that was the case in my limited experience.

Most internet stores offer free shipping. I never pay for shipping

Yeah I guess they have to at this point.  I should have ventured out more while I had the chance.

19 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Most internet stores offer free shipping. I never pay for shipping

Yes you do, you just don't know it.

19 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Most internet stores offer free shipping. I never pay for shipping

You sound like my wife who thinks the Buy 1 get 1 is a fantastic deal despite the fact that you are paying a hugely marked up price.

You have to pay taxes on Amazon purchases in Texas because they have s physical presence here in the form of a huge distribution facility. That's been the standard. 

As noted above its been the policy that the consumer was obligated to voluntarily pay sales tax to the proper taxing entities. Of course no one does. The policy was set when internet sales were very modest and it wasn't worth the effort. 

Its been a while tho. The truth is, this policy change is waaaaaaay overdue. 

I think there are some sales thresholds though so that some guy selling a cd on "the eBay" won't be affected. 

You have to pay taxes on Amazon purchases in Texas because they have s physical presence here in the form of a huge distribution facility. That's been the standard. 
As noted above its been the policy that the consumer was obligated to voluntarily pay sales tax to the proper taxing entities. Of course no one does. The policy was set when internet sales were very modest and it wasn't worth the effort. 
Its been a while tho. The truth is, this policy change is waaaaaaay overdue. 
I think there are some sales thresholds though so that some guy selling a cd on "the eBay" won't be affected. 
Doesn't this go back to catalog sales? You were only required to collect sales tax in the state or states that you had s physical presence. The rest was on the consumer

I do not like OU

47 minutes ago, Hellraiser97 said:

Doesn't this go back to catalog sales? 
 

Prolly. 

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 We are so lucky…we are so lucky to have been raised amongst catalogs - Best In Show

 

 

2 hours ago, Hellraiser97 said:

Doesn't this go back to catalog sales?

Catalog you say???  Bring em back I say.

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Being back catalogs?  Okay

http://www.wishbookweb.com/the-catalogs/

You're gonna have to scroll way down for the best catalogs of the 1970s and 80s.

lucky for Armybrat, the 1930s catalogs are at the top.

Edit: damn, the 1991 Sears catalog weighed in at 800+ pages. 

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On what date does this tax take effect  ?

On 6/23/2018 at 1:53 PM, Lobo said:

On what date does this tax take effect  ?

A lot of states already had a law on the books requiring online out-of-state retailers making over some amount in sales to collect the sales tax.  Compliance with this was however voluntary, as the states waited on the decision from the South Dakota case.  South Dakota chose to challenge the law and Quill decision with what was probably the three biggest retailers that weren't voluntarily collecting the tax.  I would say that any state that already has a law on the books could start enforcing it on June 21, 2018.  Any state without such a law would have to pass it in their next legislative session.

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