US Senate Passes Internet Tax Bill 69 To 27 678
schwit1 quotes The Washington Post: "The Senate aimed to help traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping — for many a largely tax-free frontier — to state sales taxes. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 69 to 27, getting support from Republicans and Democrats alike."
schwit1 adds "Unfortunately online businesses could be in for a rude awakening when it comes to the law's interpretation." Passage in the House is not certain, and companies like eBay are lobbying to raise the minimum sales required to collect state sales tax to $10 million instead of $1 million per year.
Bipartisan (Score:5, Funny)
Re:bollocks (Score:4, Funny)
Don't spend your money.
Re:At $10 million companies would "outsource"... (Score:5, Funny)
The people who draft bills are not (usually) morons.
You'll have to provide a reference for that.
Re:bollocks (Score:5, Funny)
Yup, countries like Canada, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand and the Netherlands are well known for their atrocities and killings.
Some of us consider an NBA team in Toronto an atrocity...and don't get me started on Lars Ulrich's attack on Napter back in the day...