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| 1042.1 | Already Here | SOLKIM::HORWITZ | Beach Bagel | Tue Mar 21 1989 13:34 | 13 |
| I doubt very much that this "abuse tax" would have any effect on
the catalog prices.
This 'mailorder' tax is not new. For the past few years, NJ has
been trying desperately to collect the state sales tax on items
purchased out of state. They go so far as to include a separate
form with the State Income tax forms so you can 'fess up and pay
up on everything you bought outside of NJ but had delivered in NJ.
Interesting in that after the first year, they haven't published
any annual results.
BAGEL who_NEVER_buys_ANYTHING_out_of_state
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| 1042.2 | 5% of 100 = ? ;-) | FSHQA2::EPETERSEN | | Tue Mar 21 1989 14:21 | 6 |
| I'm wondering why Cabela's (or any mailorder company) cares about
this tax. What effect *does* it have on the M/O companies?
It seems to be more of a burden on the customer, and who doesn't
own a calculator these days?
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| 1042.3 | WHO WANTS TO BE THE TAX MAN? | SOLKIM::HORWITZ | Beach Bagel | Tue Mar 21 1989 15:36 | 12 |
| re:.2
The m/o houses don't want to be bothered with the additional burden
of being a TAX COLLECTOR for all those states with sales taxes.
Historically, there was a good scam to buy expensive stuff in a
neighboring state, and have it 'shipped' home. (Years ago my then
soon-to-be-wife got a nicer engagement ring because we bought it
in NY and had it 'shipped' home. We didn't have to pay tax in either
state, and I applied the $ to the ring)
Rich
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| 1042.4 | Last loophole??? | DECWET::HELSEL | A thousand points of lightwt threads | Tue Mar 21 1989 16:13 | 7 |
| Yup, If you go to LL Bean's and you buy a pile of stuff they
ask you if you want to carry it or have it shipped home
tax free.
You say to yourself, "how long is this gonna last"
/brett
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| 1042.5 | Those Greedy Buggers!! | CASV05::PRESTON | Better AI than none at all | Wed Mar 22 1989 14:23 | 22 |
| I recently completed a course in Small Business Management, and
the prof told us that Congress was trying to pass a law that
would require mail order businesses to register as a business in
every state in which they planned to do business. In effect, this
means all 50 states for any serious mail order house. Obviously,
this was meant to be a precursor to collecting more taxes. Our
Congressmen, really looking out for our best interests!
If you think that this won't have an impact on prices, think again.
The extra adminstrative overhead adds to their cost of doing business,
which affects their profit margin, which affects how well they are
able to offer competitive prices.
I recently ordered something froma mail order house in Utah, and
to my surprise, I was charged Massachusetts sales tax! This wasn't
the case last year! Watch out, guys!
If there's any specific complaint to make, we should make it now!
Ed
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| 1042.6 | Congressman ???????? | FSHQA2::EPETERSEN | | Wed Mar 22 1989 16:08 | 13 |
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Thanks for the replies,
Ed, I agree about the extra overhead (as I mentioned refering to
how a 6 pack went up over a buck PLUS 30 cents!).
It's going in the mail. Which Congressman do I send it to, any
idea? I've never sent in anything to the government?
I've gotten about 4 of these cards so far, so I can send them to
more than one congressman.
Erik
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