Illinois Tax Law Signed - Amazon Dumping Illinois Affiliates.. You Movin Out?

[Berto]

Illinois Governor Signs Amazon Internet Sales Tax Law - Janet Novack - Taxing Matters - Forbes

We've seen this coming, but it looks like it's for real now.

Any of you guys still running operations out of Illinois? Looks like Amazon is officially dumping you guys.

Worried to see this paragraph:

In addition to California, the states of Arizona, Connecticut, Hawaii, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Vermont are all now considering Amazon laws.

Sorry if this is a re-post... didn't see anything about Amazon on the first 4 pages.

I guess it makes sense to the state. The potential fallout of losing a few businesses is nowhere near as close as the tax revenue they'll pull in here. Right?

 

[070707]

There is another thread.

You don't have to leave the state, you just need to reg a business in a state that isn't crazy.

These Amazon laws do nothing but LOSE money for the state. Idiotic.

 

[EricVonDoobie]

Why do they even do this? I don't fucking get it and I'm too lazy to read about it on my own :/

 

[070707]

Why do they even do this? I don't fucking get it and I'm too lazy to read about it on my own :/

You have to have a "nexus" in a state to collect sales tax for that state.

Best Buy store in Chicago creates a nexus, there fore, all internet purchases from BestBuy.com that are shipped to Illinois must collect sales tax.

"Amazon Laws" say that an "Affiliate" is a "Sales Person" thereby creating a Nexus in that state, and then the state requires sales tax collected for every order shipped into the state.

Instead of stopping ridiculous spending, they just make up half shady laws and tax more.

Amazon is fighting the legitimacy of the law in NY, but for every state since, they just cut ties (along with a few other companies)


In North Carolina and Rhode Island - where this law has been in place for a few years now, NO additional tax revenue has been made, and now those states (including california) are going after private consumer information to tax those who did not pay. Fun stuff -eh?

 

[c0rv3tt3]

I guess it makes sense to the state. The potential fallout of losing a few businesses is nowhere near as close as the tax revenue they'll pull in here. Right?

All the companies just drop their affiliates and avoid paying the tax. This has done NOTHING for Illinois except made people lose their jobs and forced businesses out of state.