With the additional states choosing to tax internet sales, are more people going to choose to stop making internet purchases and instead choose to go to the regular brick & mortar stores? (ex. Shopping on Barnes & Noble’s or Borders’ web sites vs. going to their actual stores)
How do consumers feel about this tax on internet sales?
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Mikw3620 said in 2-1-2010 @ 19:53:49
People will still buy off the internet. People will just not report what they spent.
Judy said in 2-1-2010 @ 20:52:10
I’d guess that in many cases, Internet purchases are made for convenience rather than to save sales tax. Using your Barnes and Noble’s example, I both shop online at their site, and in their stores. And since they have stores in most states, most people will pay sales tax there online anyway.
States with a sales tax generally have a law on use tax, requiring a resident of the state to pay tax on items purchased out of state – they aren’t generally enforced though.