And even if states levied taxes on sales to out-of-state consumers, what about the five states that don't have any sales tax?
The construction boom comes as prices have risen 70% in the past five years, prompting the government to impose taxes on sales to foreigners or on locals buying multiple units.
North Dakota, the U.S. Supreme Court practically begged Congress to sort out the thorny question of whether and how a state should collect taxes on sales by retailers that are not physically located in its jurisdiction.
Earlier this year, for example, Wal-Mart Stores (nyse: WMT - news - people ) began collecting sales taxes on its sales at Walmart.com.
Sales taxes focus on sales of tangible personal property, but property is often produced when you hire someone to perform a service.
These services are part of the fabric of life in America, supported by property taxes on our homes, sales taxes on goods and fees on services.
Arkansas is, after all, home to Wal-Mart, which collects sales taxes on its Internet sales and wants Amazon.com to be forced to do the same.
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They hope to persuade online sellers to sign up in exchange for guarantees that they won't be held liable for not collecting taxes on previous sales.
Instead, the government was trying to control inflation through unorthodox measures, such as limiting the price of petrol or slashing electricity tariffs and taxes on car sales.
As a result, a loss in attendance would mean less for the state in lodging taxes and sales taxes on other items such as restaurant, souvenir and entertainment spending by those who travel to Baltimore for the expos.
In his budget, the President proposed slapping taxes on new sales of variable annuities. (People who already own annuities will have a one-time opportunity to switch from one variable contract to another, tax free.) Clinton's levies include taxing income and capital gains if the holder transfers assets from one subaccount (a mutual-fund-type account) to another.
New York City and New York State are earning sales taxes on the merchandise, ticket sales and even the additional vendor items sold at the Garden.
Those other revenue effects include the taxes being assessed on sales of medical equipment, the new health insurance company fees, etc.
So big national "bricks and clicks" retailers, such as Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart Stores and Target, collect taxes on most online sales.
Taxes on real estate sales are way down and crime is up, forcing Oakland to spend more on overtime to keep cops on the street.
We eliminated any taxes that were not paid largely by individuals, such as business licenses and taxes on public utilities, which left us with the total amount states earned from income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, hunting and fishing licenses and taxes on alcohol, tobacco and gas, among other goods.
Michigan exempted sales taxes on precious-metals coins in 1999, said Heller, owner of Liberty Coin Service.
New York State and New York City have repealed their respective sales taxes on clothing and footwear.
Currently, more than half of all states have an exemption on sales taxes on precious-metals products, she said.
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So yeah, they should pay sales taxes on goods sold in California just as the brick and mortars do.
Eleven million itemizers deducted state and local sales taxes on their 2005 returns.
The party also erased its opposition to sales taxes on food and medicines.
By the way, Ewald faces no possible backlash at the polls if he pushes through sales taxes on youth sports.
Industrial production has stopped contracting, in part thanks to a temporary cut in sales taxes on cars and white goods.
But if you've used a state-only dodge--say, evaded sales taxes on that De Kooning in your living room--you may be in luck.
Since July of 2012, Amazon has started collecting sales taxes on shipments to the 83 million residents of California, Texas, Pennsylvania and Arizona.
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The subject of Egan's rant is a bill the Senate is considering that would require online retailers to collect state sales taxes on out-of-state purchases.
You may have noticed full page ads in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times June 7, arguing for sales taxes on online purchases.
In the end, most sales taxes on online purchases go unpaid.
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