http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/ Switched Comments for http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 13th 2008 10:57PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 6:29AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 6:37AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 7:18AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 7:26AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 8:37AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/It's a big game of how much can we get away with.
Here in MA they used a consumer protection law suit to get the names of people who used E-Smokes.
Then used that info to sent tax bills to the same people who were "decieved". Don't steal the Govt hates competion. Sooner or later they will get to something you DO care about.
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All Amazon would be doing is the same thing every other business does, collect the taxes from the people and turn around and send the money WE sent them to the government on our behalf.

]]>Feb 15th 2008 8:16AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 8:33AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/ Amazon pays more than it's fair share of taxes and shareholders pay double taxation. Get fact before you sprew off with your mouth like you are spitting out cum from your latest BJ]]>Feb 15th 2008 9:41PMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 9:15AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 8:58AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 9:09AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/its own state. If Amazon collected taxes in New York YOU the buyer
would pay them just like you do now at any other store in your state.
]]>Feb 15th 2008 9:12AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 9:22AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 9:23AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 9:30AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 9:34AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Feb 15th 2008 9:42AMhttp://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/http://www.switched.com/2008/02/13/amazon-ny-governor-battle-over-online-sales-tax/Last year Spitzer included in his budget $300M from Indian sales of cigarettes, however he had no means of collecting that money, so last years budget was short that $300M. Oh, by the way he included $400M this year and has no means to collect.
Also Spitzer wants to sell the NYS lottery to investment groups. He will get a huge one shot cash influx, but for the next 40 years our children and grandchildren will not see any income from the lottery.
Someone mentioned casinos. We allow the native american Indians to run the casinos. The state income is ONLY 25% of the profits from the slots, nothing from table games, etc. In Buffalo the Indians are going to build a $330M hotel/casino. Guess what, they dont pay any property tax on that facility. If NY were to legalize gambling and let The Donald build that facility it would go on the tax roll. Spend a night at the hotel or eat a meal in the restaurant - no sales tax. In Buffalo the sales tax is 8.75% and the room tax is 13.75%. What a loss of income for the state and local governments. If only the casinos were not built on sovereigh land.
And people wonder why companies are moving out of the state. Soon the only peopl eworking will be public sector.]]>Feb 15th 2008 10:32AM