The Marketplace Fairness Act would allow state governments to collect sales taxes from online retailers who do not have a physical location in their state and have revenues of over $1 Million per year. Online retailers would be responsible for collecting the taxes and distributing them to state and local governments. Proponents of the bill include brick and mortar retailers who argue that exempting online retailers from sales taxes penalizes traditional stores who are forced to charge customers higher prices due to cover the tax. Opponents argue that since online retailers do not use local services funded by sales taxes they should be exempt and that the federal government should not get involved in state tax issues.
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Yes
@9FNY3KM 8mos8MO
we shouldnt have taxes for something bought online because we already pay for shipping and the product
@9FQL3ZN8mos8MO
If online taxes must be paid, pay the same amount of taxes the patrons pay in the jurisdiction the products originate, with all the tax money going to that jurisdiction only, and not to the corrupt state where the buyer lives.
I feel like online sales tax should be legal because you're paying taxes to the government which helps them gain more support for our country.
@ISIDEWITH7yrs7Y
Yes, some version of this is probably appropriate. As always, more thought is needed.
No, and abolish consumer-side sales taxes
@Landon72044yrs4Y
Abolish all taxes. Also, online purchases are way too overused.
@8CW98CL4yrs4Y
Stop taxing everything you can Government.
@8CVYXPR4yrs4Y
Create a standard sales tax system
@8CVVWRFLibertarian4yrs4Y
No, there is a work around that people could do.
@8CJXTZK4yrs4Y
No, eliminate all sales taxes.
@8CJ74SS4yrs4Y
Yes, states should require buyers to report purchases online from out of state
@8C5N28J4yrs4Y
Yes, it would only make sense for an in-state buyer to pay an in-state sales tax.
@9LK9SPC1mo1MO
Customers should pay the sale taxes from their own state on the item that is being sold ( ex: I live in Nebraska so I pay sale taxes
@9LCQP89 2mos2MO
Regardless, it should be up to the businesses to collect the tax, with the help of the government, and not the responsibility of individuals to track their own purchases.
No, online purchases should not be subject to local or state taxes and should instead be subject to a flat nationalized online sales tax
@9J6RN5H4mos4MO
No and we should do away with smaller taxes proposed by states. Their needs to be a consumption tax instead of an income tax, and it all is processed at a federal level and redistributed to states in a percentage that is consistent with the percentage of purchases within the states.
@9HSK5NS5mos5MO
No, as the seller collecting the tax has no voice in the state's legislature, and this adds needless complications for small business.
@9FYQDNH8mos8MO
Yes, as online shopping has became the preferred way to buy, taxes do need to be levied on them, but they should be determined on a state-to-state basis, like traditional sales taxes are
@Yaunti2 8mos8MO
Yes, but there should be a federal sales tax instead
@9FQ594M 8mos8MO
Online stores, she have a lower sales tax and then brick and mortar
@Yaunti2 8mos8MO
No, there should be a federal sales tax instead
@9FJ6HKS8mos8MO
i think there should be a law for specific online shopping
@9FGY9NS8mos8MO
Customers should pay what they must pay and that’s it
@9FDJCXD8mos8MO
No, and get rid of sales tax
@9FDD7ST8mos8MO
Most online sellers don't profit as it is and sell to multiple states. Adding this stress to a small business that is already struggling is cruel and unnecessary
@9FBYNMR9mos9MO
No, and end the sales tax
@9FBRS259mos9MO
@9F9JRV89mos9MO
It would be most logical if interstate sales taxes were equal to the buyer's state's tax plus the seller's state tax, divided by 2
@9F8MGYB9mos9MO
No, it is too easy to download a VPN and enforcing this law would be more trouble than it's worth.
@9F3393D9mos9MO
FairTax everywhere, and that retail sales tax should apply on wherever the transaction is conducted.
@9F2QT9R9mos9MO
Too wordy, use grammarly to be chill
It already does through use tax in all states that have sales tax
@9DHJ6339mos9MO
Not enough knowledge on the subject matter to give an informed response
@9DF8GDH9mos9MO
All states should have the same tax system to unify the system.
@9DCWK4M9mos9MO
No, I hate money as a concept.
@9D8PKXK10mos10MO
I don’t have an opinion.
@9D8JTH710mos10MO
No, only ad sales tax on the sales of luxury companies.
No, abolish all private property and eliminate the worry about collecting out of state taxes
@9D5JBDK10mos10MO
Don’t have an opinion on this topic.
@9D4YDM3Republican10mos10MO
@9D4SDCBRepublican 10mos10MO
I'm less concerned to what state gets the tax and more concerned that the product is only taxed once, to not at all. But if brick and mortar are taxed then online retailers should be taxed as well. Taxes for none or all, but only once.
Abolish income taxes, replace with an income tax
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No, the government should impose a federal sales tax since the sales are crossing state lines
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No, the federal government should charge a federal sales tax on out of state online sales that cannot be charged a local state tax
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