Good on you guys for keeping this a moderation-free zone.
How about those Red Sox?!?! (just kidding!!! )
All I know is I'm going to need a bigger work truck pretty soon. Internet sales tax or not, I get a ton of packages every day, and it used to be light this time of year...
Good on you guys for keeping this a moderation-free zone.
How about those Red Sox?!?! (just kidding!!! )
Yeah we're just grousing about music-related stuff but the 900lb gorilla in the room, and the reason Steve's route loads haven't declined is of course Amazon whom I've come to see as the new evil empire.I've gotten to the point that I can't even get half the stuff I want or need locally AND I'm so spoiled that I whine like a 13-year-old if I can't have it in two days.All I know is I'm going to need a bigger work truck pretty soon. Internet sales tax or not, I get a ton of packages every day, and it used to be light this time of year...
Same in CA and I'd be kind of surprised if any state that has both a sales and personal income tax didn't also incorporate this now.I won't try and quote the nuances but Virginia residents are required to pay sales taxes on purchases they make. The income tax form includes a self reporting section where a taxpayer is supposed to report the amount of purchases they made where sales tax was NOT collected and then pay it by adding it to the income tax liability. The language and penalties for false statements ("No purchases made") in this section are the same as in other sections of the tax form so buying a guitar from an out of state retailer and not paying tax at the time of purchase and not paying that tax at income tax time is against the law.
The most up-to-date explanation I could find, for Mikey:This is becoming an issue now because of of the Supreme Court ruling cited by Al (above) and the Federal tax changes that allow for the deductability of local sales taxes. The states want their money and the technology to give it to them is becoming feasible.
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GA, this is borderline firestarter material... Folks, please refrain from discussion of this and bandwagoning or moderation will be coming.
So much to ponder...
Ad, speaking of counterfeit, why is it that why in many cases, a USA Shubb 12 string capo for example, the lowest price available is from China? This is on eBay right now, one of many examples of what little is left of our USA manufacturing, strangely available in China at the lowest price...
Acknowledged.Guys, please. Get off this now or we're done.