Louisiana aims to savagely cut own throat with "Streaming Tax"

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Louisiana aims to savagely cut own throat with "Streaming Tax"

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Louisiana's long and storied history of stealing your money continues to find new lows.
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And in other news, the use of bittorrent in Louisiana expands dramatically.
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Not even that. Someone needs to explain to Louisiana's reps what a VPN is.
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I suspect this will be just as successful as the Louisiana Legislature's attempt to collect taxes on Ebay and Amazon sales to Louisiana residents........ :lol:
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Termite wrote:I suspect this will be just as successful as the Louisiana Legislature's attempt to collect taxes on Ebay and Amazon sales to Louisiana residents........ :lol:
Amazon collects sales tax on 45 states - every one that charges one.
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Jericho941 wrote:Not even that. Someone needs to explain to Louisiana's reps what a VPN is.
Yup. Betternet rocks.
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HTRN wrote:Amazon collects sales tax on 45 states - every one that charges one.
That is not exactly correct. I recently purchased items on Amazon, from a 3rd party vendor.......and paid no sales tax.
There is still one big sales-tax loophole left on Amazon: Shoppers don't have to pay sales tax when they buy from one of the site's many third-party vendors.
And Ebay isn't even talking to the Louisiana Legislature.
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Well, in Arkansas we are now paying sales tax on Amazon, It happened to me just last month when I was buying more books.
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El Paso has been charging sales tax for a couple of years now. It's probably State wide, but I don't know that for sure. Meanwhile, the State and Amazon are still doing quite well.
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Amazon even collects sales tax on Kindle downloads in Alabama. Ebay only collects sales tax on in-state sales.
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