The Marketplace Fairness Act would allow state governments to collect sales taxes from online retailers who do not have a physical location in their state and have revenues of over $1 Million per year. Online retailers would be responsible for collecting the taxes and distributing them to state and local governments. Proponents of the bill include brick and mortar retailers who argue that exempting online retailers from sales taxes penalizes traditional stores who are forced to charge customers higher prices due to cover the tax. Opponents argue that since online retailers do not use local services funded by sales taxes they should be exempt and that the federal government should not get involved in state tax issues.
36% Yes |
64% No |
31% Yes |
56% No |
5% Yes, exempting online retailers from sales taxes is not fair to traditional stores |
8% No, the federal government does not have the authority to impose state and local taxes |
1% No, customers should pay the sales tax from the seller’s state |
See how support for each position on “Online Sales Tax” has changed over time for 223k America voters.
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@8JCJLWV4yrs4Y
Yes, some version of this is probably appropriate. As always, more thought is needed.
@99T45NQ1yr1Y
No, and abolish consumer-side sales taxes
@Landon72044yrs4Y
Abolish all taxes. Also, online purchases are way too overused.
@8CW98CL4yrs4Y
Stop taxing everything you can Government.
@8CVYXPR4yrs4Y
Create a standard sales tax system
@8CVVWRF4yrs4Y
No, there is a work around that people could do.
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