Internet Tax!

[CoffeeBlack]

The bill was passed by a vote of 69 to 27. It still has to go through The House which is republican controlled and a great many republicans don't approve of this bill. The bill does, however have the support of Pres. Obama. I'm very interested to see where this goes. I don't understand the legalese of the bill so would someone with greater knowledge of the issue tell me if this would affect international companies such as NCIX? If so, I might change where I buy things online.

 

Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57583140-93/senate-passes-internet-sales-tax-bill-by-2-to-1-margin/

 

[Matthias2556]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! :o

I love purchasing PC's and parts of newegg and ncix because there isn't sales tax. OH, WHY?!?! :angry:

[Tedders]

From what I have read, anything you buy online is applicable and the site has to charge you your states sales tax.  One thing that you brought up however that I haven't thought about was international companies.  Not sure on that one...  Will be interesting to see how this all pans out and how long it will take everything to go into effect.

[CaptRex635]

This can't be passed, it must not! They already pushed the Copyright Alert System on to us ...

[CoffeeBlack]

I don't know if Linus will read this or not, but if you are reading this, do you know how this affects non-U.S. companies? If you don't know, is there any way you could ask someone at NCIX who would?

[Kilmer02]

you are already required to do this anyways, it just isnt enforced. you're supposed to include it in your taxes when you file, but nobody enforces it.

[CoffeeBlack]

you are already required to do this anyways, it just isnt enforced. you're supposed to include it in your taxes when you file, but nobody enforces it.

Yeah, I've never reported my online purchases in my taxes... I considered it this year, then I was like naaahhh

[EChondo]

I prefer not to pay taxes on my Steam games, thank you very much. If I have to start paying taxes on my digital purchases, then I'll have to wait for even a bigger sale to justify the added cost.

[ShiverMePenguins]

LOL, all this will do is encourage pirating for software, and people with the opportunity to buy from canada, drive and pick it up. 

 

 

this just will hurt the economy more in the long run by forcing more taxes on everyone.

[dgtL]

I live on the border of TN and VA but on the TN side. Newegg has a center in TN so if you buy in TN you have to pay shipping. So any time i order from newegg i ship it to a friends place in VA. lol. I go through all that just to not pay the tax. So yea that will reallllllly suck if it goes all the way through

[XiaoPigs]

The government loves fucking with the people don't they?

[ShiverMePenguins]

The government loves fucking with the people don't they?

moar monies for their billion dollar an hour military.

[XiaoPigs]

moar monies for their billion dollar an hour military.

Moar monies for "the war on terror"

[ShiverMePenguins]

Moar monies for "the war on terror"

wait terror? oh sorry boston, we're helping afghanistan, meanwhile in afghanistan *tumbleweed*

[NickStorm]

I actually got hit up with an e-mail from amazon requesting that I turn in the tax money I owe to TN. I wonder if I'm on some sort of watch-list because I didn't file the form or whatever.

[CoffeeBlack]

I actually got hit up with an e-mail from amazon requesting that I turn in the tax money I owe to TN. I wonder if I'm on some sort of watch-list because I didn't file the form or whatever.

They'll come for you in the night...

[tabuburn]

Looks like the politicians need more caviar for their meals...

[Rhotis]

Will be interesting to see if this gets past the house.  This thing kinda went under the radar but now that the news agencies have reported the senate passing there is going to be a lot of heat put on the house to not pass this.  

[LinusTech]

It's interesting to me how many people think online purchases not being taxed is some kind of right... Yeah it sucks to have to pay more tax but did you really think it was going to last forever? In Canada we are already being charged tax on out of province purchases unless we carry them over the border.

As for international purchases, the same issues will be there for that too. Canadians are used to it but import duties and brokerage fees will make the trivial tax amounts look pretty good a lot of the time

[CoffeeBlack]

Yeah, I've never felt like it was some kind of right. But if I can buy things untaxed, I'm going to as long as I can haha. If we were to start getting taxed, I wouldn't be as mad as just sad I won't be saving as much money.

Edit: On a side note, my sales tax in my state is about 6.5%. On a $2,000 P.C. That's about $130 of taxes.

[ShiverMePenguins]

It's interesting to me how many people think online purchases not being taxed is some kind of right... Yeah it sucks to have to pay more tax but did you really think it was going to last forever? In Canada we are already being charged tax on out of province purchases unless we carry them over the border.

As for international purchases, the same issues will be there for that too. Canadians are used to it but import duties and brokerage fees will make the trivial tax amounts look pretty good a lot of the time

coming from people who don't want to support brick and mortor places, and preffered to shop online it was a incentive to order online in the first place. you don't support corporate giants and you have cheaper options.

 

now with the introduction of taxing it will be cheaper to support those brick and mortors, even though the end user may not want to. lets be honest, internet stores have higher pricing, but you don't have to pay taxes and state fee's and all that crap. 

 

 

but in store you get discounts you wouldn't usually get. but you have to pay taxes and yadda yadda. that means paying the same amount, but also supporting the corporate system and the great old us of a. many could see this in a negative light, and be further dissuaded from legitimacy, which means either stealing, or going craigslist when you can't get free software, and letting the extravagant dummies buy the hardware then buy it once they move on to the next big item, which means less profits for the economy. 

 

 

 

taxing does nothing positive and everything negative to smart buyers.

[Night]

Im pretty sure we have always been taxed for online purchases in New Zealand. ¯\(°_o)/¯

Yea, I just checked my fave online computer store and their prices are including gst. Soooooo does this matter at all?

[SMuz]

you are already required to do this anyways, it just isnt enforced. you're supposed to include it in your taxes when you file, but nobody enforces it.

 

I pay my online purchases sales tax when I file my taxes every year.  I like things like roads and public education.

[EChondo]

It's interesting to me how many people think online purchases not being taxed is some kind of right... Yeah it sucks to have to pay more tax but did you really think it was going to last forever? In Canada we are already being charged tax on out of province purchases unless we carry them over the border.

As for international purchases, the same issues will be there for that too. Canadians are used to it but import duties and brokerage fees will make the trivial tax amounts look pretty good a lot of the time

Personally, I would prefer not to be charged tax on digital goods. It just doesn't feel right to be charged tax on items that can simply be deleted by the click of a button or if servers shut down(like Steam). If I can save money, I will. If I can't save money, then I'll find the cheapest and most effective solution.

[Night]

Wait? Is this about things like digital media? Or just goods in general that happen to be purchased over the internet?