tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4622776924781844427.post1304420268660974928..comments2024-03-23T13:43:27.051-04:00Comments on Tax, Society & Culture: Taxing Amazon, an amazingly taxing task.Allisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16733465339926078146noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4622776924781844427.post-27398578404580082182012-04-11T18:42:51.024-04:002012-04-11T18:42:51.024-04:00What states would favor ceding this ground to the ...What states would favor ceding this ground to the fed: quite right, it's zero. The Amazon link is interesting. It would be even more interesting to see what the equivalents in other countries look like. It seems that paying tax is not a deal breaker for Amazon, it's still worth doing business in Canada despite those exorbitant taxes...look at them! 15% in Nova Scotia, and that's on top of the normal 5%! Presumably they wouldn't go under if they were similarly collecting taxes in the U.S.--on the other hand they'd lose their ability to put bricks and mortar competitors out of business...cf Borders.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16733465339926078146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4622776924781844427.post-29732374070900388382012-04-11T17:40:13.615-04:002012-04-11T17:40:13.615-04:00Stories like this lead me to believe the eventuall...Stories like this lead me to believe the eventually end game for US Consumption tax policy has to be some type of nationally imposed tax akin to the Canadian GST/HST or the Australian GST. The issue is I don't how you get to from point A to point B on this issue in the context of US politics. What states if ANY would even favor giving up their own sales tax at this point in time to the Federal Government even for equivalent revenue sharing. I do note the Canadian system works if you go to Amazon.ca notice the tax collection policies.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.ca/gp/help/customer/display.html?ie=UTF8&nodeId=918716<br /><br />I did notice that Amazon.ca doesn't collect Saskatchewan PST or P.E.I. PST. I don't know why this is. PEI might be switching to HST within days according to media reports.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03894651289037073128noreply@blogger.com