Re:DC faces Silicon Valley's riches and ever-growing power
by eli_gottlieb on Sunday April 17, 2016 @03:37PM
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> In the US, the shop collects tax for the country the shop is based in.
Legally, Americans are obligated to pay sales tax for internet purchases in the state where we live. There's a form for it, every year.
The American move is to shift the burden of tax collection onto the customer, thus ensuring that the taxes are evaded rather than paid. I don't really see moving bureaucracy onto customers rather than businesses - thus increasing the total amount of records that must be kept and paperwork that must be filed to abide perfectly by the law and pay one's taxes - as a good thing.
Legally, Americans are obligated to pay sales tax for internet purchases in the state where we live. There's a form for it, every year.
The American move is to shift the burden of tax collection onto the customer, thus ensuring that the taxes are evaded rather than paid. I don't really see moving bureaucracy onto customers rather than businesses - thus increasing the total amount of records that must be kept and paperwork that must be filed to abide perfectly by the law and pay one's taxes - as a good thing.