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Count wrote: ↑Sat Oct 12, 2019 11:07 am

Beiruty wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 8:57 am Effective Oct 1, 2019.

Texas is enforcing a online-sales tax on any online seller with $500,000 online yearly sales to Texas.
I wanted to place an online order for a scope from out of state seller and I was hit with the online sales tax.

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politic ... ut-slowly/

Even if it's baby steps, it's good to see them doing something to make it harder for criminals to commit tax fraud.

Flightmare wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 11:07 pm
There is a ballot measure this November to amend the state constitution to prohibit a state income tax in Texas. Proposition 4 is the ballot measure. Voting FOR the measure is a vote to block state income tax in the state constitution.

K.Mooneyham wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 7:13 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:59 pm If you look up sales tax rates from across the country, Texas is actually on the lower side when one adds in what the limit is on what local authorities can add for local revenue. Many of the highest total sales tax rates states also have an income tax. I keep holding my breath on a state income tax. I think if the politicians in Texas were not so afraid of the huge public reaction to a state sales tax, we would already have one.

https://www.salestaxinstitute.com/resources/rates

And I personally hope they stay afraid of public opinion. If I wanted to live in a state that taxed me to death, I would have stayed in California went I "retired" from the Air Force.

jason812 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:10 pm

mot7981 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:04 pm Frankly, I'm surprised it took the state this long to go after this pot of gold. We're talking about a lot of $$ to add to the state's coffers... which they'll spend wisely no doubt.

I'm sure they will use it to lower our property taxes.

jmorris wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 5:28 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:15 pm The customer is and has always been responsible for paying state sales tax on certain products. The merchant is responsible for collecting those taxes from the customer and forwarding them to the state. It has always been the customers responsibility to pay the taxes if the merchant is not collecting them. Technically, anyone buying and not sending the taxes in has been guilty of tax evasion. There is almost no way to enforce the law from the customer paying in perspective. I have also been guilty of not paying the taxes on items purchased online. I am not even sure how one would go about it if they chose to. But it does not change the fact that in essence, we are stealing from the state when we don't pay up.

Buying from an out of state merchant does not make the purchase "Tax Free"... but most of us act like it does.

The actual term for the tax on out if state purchases is Use Tax. You file with a form 01-156.

What is Use Tax - A tax, complementary to the sales tax,
imposed on taxable goods and services that are purchased,
leased or rented for personal or business use, storage or
consumption in Texas on which Texas sales or use tax has
not previously been paid. Texas use tax is due regardless if
another state's sales or use tax has been paid.

https://comptroller.texas.gov/taxes/pub ... 94-171.php

Texas_Blaze wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:12 pm

03Lightningrocks wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:15 pm The customer is and has always been responsible for paying state sales tax on certain products. The merchant is responsible for collecting those taxes from the customer and forwarding them to the state. It has always been the customers responsibility to pay the taxes if the merchant is not collecting them. Technically, anyone buying and not sending the taxes in has been guilty of tax evasion. There is almost no way to enforce the law from the customer paying in perspective. I have also been guilty of not paying the taxes on items purchased online. I am not even sure how one would go about it if they chose to. But it does not change the fact that in essence, we are stealing from the state when we don't pay up.

Buying from an out of state merchant does not make the purchase "Tax Free"... but most of us act like it does.

The merchant isn’t responsible for collecting the taxes. The merchant is responsible to pay taxes on what’s sold. You and I just happen to get the privilege of covering the merchant’s tax bill.

Russell wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2019 3:24 pm > we are stealing from the state when we don't pay up.

No, the state is forcefully stealing from US. Let's get that straight right off the bat...