Massachusetts to collect sales tax off Amazon Starting Friday: Anyone else live where Amazon purchases must include state sales tax? Will certainly level playing field and perhaps...

sbesaw Loc: Boston

Anyone else live where Amazon purchases must include state sales tax? Will certainly level playing field and perhaps result in a boost to local camera stores especially on fair traded items like, Nikon, Canon and Sony

wireman8 Loc: Toledo, Ohio

I don't like paying taxes any more than anyone else, but fair is fair, pay up.

RegisG Loc: Mid-Tennessee

It started this year in Tennessee

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

sbesaw wrote:

Anyone else live where Amazon purchases must include state sales tax? Will certainly level playing field and perhaps result in a boost to local camera stores especially on fair traded items like, Nikon, Canon and Sony

We've been paying tax on Amazon purchases for as long as I can remember. (NY)

sbesaw Loc: Boston

wireman8 wrote:

I don't like paying taxes any more than anyone else, but fair is fair, pay up.

The states currently require Amazon to collect sales tax are Arizona, California, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Connecticut, Massachusetts and West Virginia. They say Ohio is next.

I don't mind either. I believe a strong economy is based on strong local business and this levels that playing field a little.

profpb Loc: Venice, Florida

That is a nice list of states where I would not live because I am fortunate to have a choice.

I feel bad for AMAZON and their accounting nightmares.

But you can believe whatever you choose. I have my own beliefs.

Fair? Who decides what's fair? Government?

Well so much for photography in this forum.

Good Bye, again.

Wahawk Loc: NE IA

sbesaw wrote:

The states currently require Amazon to collect sales tax are Arizona, California, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Connecticut, Massachusetts and West Virginia. They say Ohio is next.

I don't mind either. I believe a strong economy is based on strong local business and this levels that playing field a little.

By Tax Code in all states with a Sales Tax, there is a corresponding Use Tax. For any purchase where the seller does not collect the "Sales" tax, the Buyer (User) of the item owes their state the "Use" tax on those items. Due to the difficulty of tracking these purchases the states have been unable to fairly collect those "unreported" transactions.

I used to work at a company where we collected the Sales/Use Taxes in over 44 states PLUS the local taxes which in some states numbered in the hundreds (County, City, Transit District, Judicial District, etc). I look forward to the day when ALL merchants in the online world are REQUIRED to collect the proper taxes for ALL locations to which they ship product for their customers. In this day and age of computers, it really isn't that difficult to get the programming done to accomplish this.

BboH Loc: s of 2/21, Ellicott City, MD

Amazon has announced they intend to build a distributions center in Baltimore. With the physical presence in State Marylanders will also pay State sale tax.

sb Loc: Florida's East Coast

"I don't mind paying taxes - it is the price to live in a civilized society" - I think this was from Thurgood Marshall.

With that being said, I like buying online and even buy my tires online and enjoy avoiding taxes, although my honesty kicks in at the end of the year when the state asks me to estimate how much I purchased online and then requests it's share......

vinnya Loc: connecticut

Amazon doesn't start collecting tax in connecticut till tomorrow Nov 1 , so if your in ct get your order in today

richard-sports Loc: New York City

profpb wrote:

That is a nice list of states where I would not live because I am fortunate to have a choice.

I feel bad for AMAZON and their accounting nightmares.

But you can believe whatever you choose. I have my own beliefs.

Fair? Who decides what's fair? Government?

Well so much for photography in this forum.

Good Bye, again.

And this statement is coming from someone who lives in Florida. Wow,,, I would not live there for free.

Kimbee Loc: Dunedin, Florida, USA

Amazon just reached an agreement to build a distribution facility outside of Tampa, Florida, so we will be paying sales tax on Amazon purchases soon. Technically, we are supposed to pay sales tax to the state on internet purchases even if the company doesn't collect them. Nobody likes to pay taxes, but it is what funds all those state/federal programs we find so necessary.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

Where I live, Amazon collects the 9.8% sales tax and B&H does not. Most orders from Amazon arrive in two days. It takes about 8 days for free shipping from B&H.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

bsprague wrote:

Where I live, Amazon collects the 9.8% sales tax and B&H does not. Most orders from Amazon arrive in two days. It takes about 8 days for free shipping from B&H.

My B&H orders arrive in one or two days, depending. Amazon is about the same. Staples is sometimes overnight - for free.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

jerryc41 wrote:

My B&H orders arrive in one or two days, depending. Amazon is about the same. Staples is sometimes overnight - for free.

But if you're in New York, you get to pay sales tax on B&H purchases. Right?

I needed 50 sheets of big printer paper. It was $47 plus $4.60 sales tax on Amazon. It was $47 at B&H with no tax. Both had free shipping.