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Amazon To Start Charging Sales Tax In Arkansas
Posted on 2/10/17 at 5:13 pm
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Posted on 2/10/17 at 5:30 pm to pioneerbasketball
You can add Missouri to the list as well.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 6:19 pm to TheCheshireHog
pisses me off a tad. I buy 90 percent of my stuff on Amazon. What really pisses me off is that the greedy bastards of the State of Arkansas are gonna make boatloads of money off of something that they have to do absolutely nothing for. Bastards.
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Posted on 2/10/17 at 6:55 pm to Str8volfan
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Posted on 2/10/17 at 6:57 pm to pioneerbasketball
Why?
Posted on 2/10/17 at 6:58 pm to pioneerbasketball
They don't even have a physical store. Mo money for the guv'ment I guess.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 7:03 pm to pioneerbasketball
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Posted on 2/10/17 at 7:04 pm to Phat Phil
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They don't even have a physical store. Mo money for the guv'ment I guess.
Alabama has a program that is voluntary to online sites. They can charge the 8% sales tax and then only give alabama asks for like 4 or 6% so Amazon is making a couple percent off of the sales.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 8:42 pm to pioneerbasketball
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Hutchinson said the "strengthened revenue stream" from Amazon's move will bolster his efforts to cut Arkansas' income tax rate.
Hope this is in play in 2018. State income tax pissed me off almost as much personal property tax and the tax on used car sales.
I can live with the sales tax if it helps small businesses in our state.
Posted on 2/10/17 at 8:57 pm to pioneerbasketball
frick
Posted on 2/10/17 at 9:13 pm to Rebel Land Shark
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Why?
I'm sure Wal-Mart had nothing to do with it
Posted on 2/10/17 at 9:15 pm to pioneerbasketball
Waltons leaning on the leg and doing work?
Posted on 2/11/17 at 7:38 am to Warfarer
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Alabama has a program that is voluntary to online sites. They can charge the 8% sales tax and then only give alabama asks for like 4 or 6% so Amazon is making a couple percent off of the sales.
You're terribly confused. Amazon most certainly does not get to keep anywhere NEAR the amount you suggest. Online retailers collect 8% sales tax. As a 'fee' for acting as collection agent, they're allowed to keep 2% of the tax collected and not 2% of total sale amount. If you buy a $1000 TV, Amazon would collect $80 in sales tax and get to keep $1.60 - 2% of that $80. If you're still suffering from righteous indignation, Alabama law lets cities extend the same right to their brick and mortar stores so (many, but not all do it) online retailers aren't getting any special deal.
This has been needed for a very, very long time. Online retailers already have many advantages over brick and mortar stores. Since states most consider the point of sale to be the delivery destination, the tax is owed to each state but with the corporation in another state there's been no ability to collect. Local businesses faced an unfair competition because they can't match the price discount and local & state governments lose out on revenue they're legally owed.
Posted on 2/11/17 at 8:35 am to pioneerbasketball
Louisiana started in January. They also raised the sales tax 1% last year as well. Greedy cocksuckers. I now pay 10.5% sales tax on stuff.
Posted on 2/11/17 at 9:29 am to pioneerbasketball
Shop local, bruh.
Posted on 2/11/17 at 2:14 pm to pioneerbasketball
It was only a matter of time. And I think it's only fair to stores with a physical location that have to charge sales tax. And frick Walmart.
Posted on 2/11/17 at 4:10 pm to pioneerbasketball
Can't say how it will work in Arkansas, but in Alabama, they only charge tax on things sold by Amazon. There are thousands of other resellers on Amazon and if you purchase from them, no tax. At least that's what I've found so far. Some even still offer Prime shipping if you're a Prime member.
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Posted on 2/11/17 at 4:17 pm to bullyintigertown
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Posted on 2/11/17 at 4:25 pm to pioneerbasketball
Started in Mississippi about a week back.
Posted on 2/14/17 at 7:37 am to bullyintigertown
So glad I left la when I did.
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