The battle over Internet sales taxes, simmering for more than a decade, is boiling over.
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He has articulated a 9-9-9 flat tax plan of 9% for business, personal and sales taxes.
At the same time, Amazon seems to have dropped their vehement opposition to online sales taxes.
The wealthy make most, if not all their expensive purchases online and circumvent state sales taxes!
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The Marketplace Fairness Act would expand sales taxes to include sales to people in other states.
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Both are exempt from income taxes, sales taxes and in many cases local property taxes.
Store chains have been complaining for years that online merchants should collect and remit sales taxes.
Fighting to avoid sales taxes has become a multi-front war for the online giant.
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It's true that many small brick-and-mortar retailers in states with sales taxes support the Enzi bill.
States are balancing their budgets through slashing spending and raising income and sales taxes and fees.
Sales taxes are supposed to be levied by the state in which property is used.
Merchants recently went on strike in several cities, including Tehran, over higher sales taxes.
Most transactions are business-to-business, and, since companies are subject to audit, most pay sales taxes anyway.
Those people still pay payroll taxes, sales taxes, state income taxes, excise taxes and more.
Michigan exempted sales taxes on precious-metals coins in 1999, said Heller, owner of Liberty Coin Service.
They also pay taxes, either in the form of income taxes or sales taxes or both.
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Another would be a national sales tax, similar to state sales taxes but charged federally.
In 1950 California got 60% of its revenues from sales taxes, which apply only to goods.
Sales taxes, by contrast, hit consumption, which is the result of that wealth creation.
Higher costs for the revenue raised come from consumption taxation (VAT and sales taxes).
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Add up excise, consumption and sales taxes to business income taxes and you have beer tax bloat.
If Cruz made purchases from businesses in those states, they would have to collect Texas sales taxes.
States must provide free computer software to help retailers calculate sales taxes, based on where shoppers live.
Most states want to convince Congress to grant them authority to collect sales taxes across state lines.
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New York State and New York City have repealed their respective sales taxes on clothing and footwear.
Jindal proposes a revenue neutral tax reform, with increased state sales taxes replacing the state income taxes.
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The amount appearing on your order as Estimated Tax may differ from the sales taxes ultimately charged.
In June, Perry vetoed a bill that would have required some Internet retailers to collect Texas sales taxes.
Otherwise, layers of hidden sales taxes can get built into the final product or service the consumer buys.
And Amazon.com, which initially fought efforts in some states to make it collect sales taxes, supports it, too.
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