Midway now charging sales tax.

[FITASC]

he true solution to all of this would be for Congress to step in and create a uniform system of rules that would apply uniformly to all out-of-state sales (which Congress could legally due because the Constitution gives the federal government the power to regulate interstate commerce).

That would be a VAT, commonly used in Europe where the tax is built in to the price ahead of time.

 

[Doyle]

That would be a VAT, commonly used in Europe where the tax is built in to the price ahead of time.

That would certainly be one possible solution. A simpler solution would be to skinny down the sales tax requirements (for interstate sales only) so that sales to a given state would be subject to one and only one rate for the entire state; one and only one remission point for the entire state (as opposed to a remission point in every parish in LA), and none of the vast system of exempt/nonexempt items. That kind of system would be very manageable for even the smallest retailers.

 

[FITASC]

Absolutely; the best way for that would be to use the actual STATE sales tax. Florida has a STATE sales tax of 6%. Local governments have the option to add anywhere up to an additional 1.5% on top of that. So, for this instance, a Midway or Amazon or whomever would collect 6% and remit to Tallahassee.

 

[44 AMP]

That would be a VAT, commonly used in Europe where the tax is built in to the price ahead of time.

isn't the VAT a big tub where they brew beer and make wine??? Or other chemicals??

or do you mean like the Pittman-Roberts tax (is it still 11%?) on all firearms, ammo, bows, fishing gear, etc?? Before we buy them.

Or the various Federal and state taxes added into the price of gasoline? Before we buy it...

Not everyone thinks top down one size fits all Federal control is a good thing (no matter what the issue).

The problem with the ONE RING isn't that it controls the others, the problem is that it was made in Mordor...

 

[osbornk]

If Amazon has a presence in your state, they will charge you sales tax.

If Amazon has a presence in your state, they charge you sales tax but only for the things they provide. If the seller on Amazon does not have a presence in your state, they do not charge sales tax unless the seller has a presence in your state. Just because you buy something from Amazon, it does not mean you are actually buying from them as you might be buying from a 3rd party.

 

[44 AMP]

Just because you buy something from Amazon, it does not mean you are actually buying from them as you might be buying from a 3rd party.

Admitedly, I'm a simple fellow, so could you explain how you aren't buying something from someone if they are the people you pay the money to for whatever it is you are buying??

If I understand things correctly, one cannot legally sell someone one does not legally own. One need not physically possess what is sold, but if you don't have legal ownership, (title, etc.) then selling it is fraud.

Isn't it?


Amazon may pay the 3rd party and have them ship it to you, but if you pay Amazon (not the 3rd party) I'd say you bought it from Amazon.

If you buy a S&W from the "Shootin' Shack" you don't pay S&W, you didn't buy it from the Shootin Shack, you paid the Shooting Shack, so you bought it from the Shootin Shack.


How is Amazon any different??

 

[Doyle]

If the seller on Amazon does not have a presence in your state, they do not charge sales tax unless the seller has a presence in your state.

That was the "old" rule. Recent Supreme Court decision killed that.

 

[Mal H]

This has gone on long enough without any actual firearms content.
Closed.