Our government at work - online sales tax as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act
From
The Daily Caller:
Online sales tax to be added to defense authorization bill
This may be the last Christmas of online shopping without paying sales tax.
A proposed online sales tax has been offered as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, much to the ire of opponents.
The Computer and Communications Industry Association, a group that opposes this move, says that an online sales tax will burden small businesses, “some of the most promising candidates for future economic growth.”
That is going to be a bear to collect for the individual vendor. I bet that eBay and PayPal will offer tools but how about the small online store using one of the many
eCommerce storefronts? People will write plug-ins but that is not going to be available when the law kicks in.
Congress didn't have the votes to bring it up on its own as a bill so they snuck it in through this backdoor. Stayin' classy...
Posted by DaveH at December 6, 2012 3:55 PM