Busy thread, may as well join in.
As I understand things, nothing has changed. We as consumers have been "requested" to report our out of state purchases and then submit the proper amount during tax season. That next to nobody has done it is the issue so instead of us reporting, the seller is now doing it for us.
Of course, the local brick and mortar and old school main street have been ravaged by the internet. Or dare it to be said, we now are being "married" to tax collection rather than just getting "it" for free.
I'm a flat tax advocate. One rate, nationwide on all transactions. I don't know if this will erased or moderated but it is complete nonsense that that form or revenue gathering is "regressive" or any other phony term invented to make us think it's a "bad" way of operating a revenue stream for a government. All a flat tax does it take away the power from both of the parade walking lying double talking bozos that are the core of both worthless parties. They can no longer give breaks as they feel it benefits them. Instead, they are required to do a proper job of spending in an intelligent and responsible way. So they lie as much as possible to stop it. Regressive is only applicable to the loss of power the bozos will lose, not how it affects us. If we don't have money to spend, we shouldn't be spending it. End of story. And by the same token, when everybody pays, everybody owns. Now when many are deadbeats, they simply do not care. They have no ownership.
Enough, delete as you wish. But it's pathetic that the assorted tax codes, the vast majority are not there to benefit the payer but the writer. And we can't figure out what's wrong?