Small retailers who sold through Amazon are facing a tax time bomb

Re:Small retailers who sold through Amazon are facing a tax ... by dubcanada on Thursday May 02, 2019 @08:22AM (#19807062)

I know 50 states is more than 10, but you've always had to do this in Canada. Each province roughly has a different tax rate, and different tax rates apply to different items.

You just submit it all to the Federal government (or Quebec government for just Quebec) and they deal with the distribution to each province.

For example I get taxed by DigitalOcean based on what my billing address is set to. DigitalOcean then takes that tax sends 9 provinces worth of it to the CRA and 1 (Quebec) to the Revenu Québec.

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Re:Small retailers who sold through Amazon are facing a tax ... by maroonedanchor on Thursday May 02, 2019 @08:36AM (#19807175)

For what it's worth in the states there are also thousands of localities to deal with as well. Software is needly very quickly to actually properly account for sales. Also in the US there is a complicated system of sales tax, use tax, and exemptions for certain businesses buying goods for resale.

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