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Re:Ask HN: Congress is Passing an Internet Sales Tax: Why Do... by pc86 on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @09:48AM (#5595082)
To get the most precise taxation possible you would need to get the customer's address and calculate their zip+4.

This is ignoring the fact that exemptions would be a nightmare.

The only thing I could think of that would be worse than needing to manage that massive API would be if I was a business owner who had to access multiple APIs for DC plus all the states with sales tax.

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Re:Ask HN: Congress is Passing an Internet Sales Tax: Why Do... by pnathan on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @12:49PM (#5596258)
> The only thing I could think of that would be worse than needing to manage that massive API would be if I was a business owner who had to access multiple APIs for DC plus all the states with sales tax.

So you're saying that putting together that SAAS would be a slog and its very existence would be a moat to other people who don't want to slog through.

I.e., a great biz opportunity. :)

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Re:Ask HN: Congress is Passing an Internet Sales Tax: Why Do... by pc86 on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @01:01PM (#5596349)
You're probably right on that one. There is a comment elsewhere in this thread that mentions a SaaS company that handles sales tax automation and reporting, so clearly there is some money to be made.
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