02-01-2007, 11:00 AM
Thank you congress. More taxes. And complicated ones too! I guess America just couldn't handle that healthy economy.
http://www.ebaymainstreet.com/federal/sales-tax/
Streamlined Sales Tax Project
eBay opposes raising taxes on the Internet or its uses, as well as any attempt to impose remote sales tax collection burdens on the smallest sellers who can least afford it. This is certainly not the time to impose a major new tax burden on Internet vendors working to implement successful new business models, nor is it wise macro-economic policy to impose what is effectively a tax increase on American consumers.
Background
In 1992, the Supreme Court ruled that forcing remote sellers to collect sales tax in states in which they do not have a physical presence would constitute an undue burden on retailers and commerce in general.
Since that ruling, states are prohibited from collecting remote sales tax until they have simplified their tax regimes enough to lift the burden on remote sellers.
In the name of simplification, a group of cash-strapped states proposed the Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SSTP). While the goal of the SSTP is simplification, it does not succeed in simplifying state and local tax laws sufficiently to ease the collection burden on eBay sellers like you.
The State Simplification Tax Project (SSTP) is still remarkably
http://www.ebaymainstreet.com/federal/sales-tax/
Streamlined Sales Tax Project
eBay opposes raising taxes on the Internet or its uses, as well as any attempt to impose remote sales tax collection burdens on the smallest sellers who can least afford it. This is certainly not the time to impose a major new tax burden on Internet vendors working to implement successful new business models, nor is it wise macro-economic policy to impose what is effectively a tax increase on American consumers.
Background
In 1992, the Supreme Court ruled that forcing remote sellers to collect sales tax in states in which they do not have a physical presence would constitute an undue burden on retailers and commerce in general.
Since that ruling, states are prohibited from collecting remote sales tax until they have simplified their tax regimes enough to lift the burden on remote sellers.
In the name of simplification, a group of cash-strapped states proposed the Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SSTP). While the goal of the SSTP is simplification, it does not succeed in simplifying state and local tax laws sufficiently to ease the collection burden on eBay sellers like you.
The State Simplification Tax Project (SSTP) is still remarkably