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 |
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@8JCJLWV4yrs4Y
Yes, some version of this is probably appropriate. As always, more thought is needed.
@99T45NQ1yr1Y
No, and abolish consumer-side sales taxes
@DesiraeBae 1wk1W
No. A physical store only pays sales tax to their physical location and pays to that location. They are part of that ONE community. An online store cannot be expected to keep track of every customers location, file separate permits, collect sales tax, and remit payment for every location where a person might make a purchase. Perhaps a different type of sales tax would be more appropriate - like a national sales tax, that only applies to businesses doing sales online across many states.
@9P7MH8N1mo1MO
Sales tax should be eliminated, and covered by increases in corporate taxes and income taxes on the rich.
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@9F9JRV811mos11MO
It would be most logical if interstate sales taxes were equal to the buyer's state's tax plus the seller's state tax, divided by 2
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