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.
36% Yes |
64% No |
31% Yes |
56% No |
5% Yes, exempting online retailers from sales taxes is not fair to traditional stores |
8% No, the federal government does not have the authority to impose state and local taxes |
1% No, customers should pay the sales tax from the seller’s state |
See how support for each position on “Online Sales Tax” has changed over time for 223k America voters.
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Unique answers from America users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@8JCJLWV3yrs3Y
Yes, some version of this is probably appropriate. As always, more thought is needed.
@99T45NQ1yr1Y
No, and abolish consumer-side sales taxes
@9LK9SPC2 days2D
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 2wks2W
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.
@9JG4WJJ3mos3MO
No, online purchases should not be subject to local or state taxes and should instead be subject to a flat nationalized online sales tax
@8DZJFN24yrs4Y
Yes, but big corporations should pay taxes. small local shops are fine
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