Atlanta, GA
Thank you for doing this! I’m really going to miss going to Chicago Expo and the PBL open house this year. Hopefully we will be able to go back in 2021!
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Please don’t take this as a complaint, but I’m just curious why PBL recently started charging sales tax on out of state orders?
The sale pricing is much appreciated, but the sales tax pretty much ate up the discount. I’m guessing this is something that Illinois started enforcing?
Quoted from pinballlife:It has nothing to do with Illinois enforcing state tax. We have always paid Illinois state tax.
It has everything to do with your state requiring us to enforce your state's tax.
Until this year the BUYER was responsible for paying taxes on all purchases (in state and out of state). This year the law changed. Now it is the SELLER who is responsible for collecting the taxes and paying them. Each state is different; different $$ thresholds, transaction count thresholds, etc., etc.
We meet or beat these requirements in 15 states, so we must collect the taxes and pay them to the respective states.
Businesses who are not collecting taxes when they should will one day be audited, and sooner than later since all states truly need the $$$ now more than ever. When this happens all back taxes and penalties will be due. Simply put, it will put most smallish internet businesses out of business.
Collecting and paying taxes is nothing but a pain in the d**k. No one likes it. No one. Death and taxes baby, death and taxes.
Terry.
Thanks for the explanation Terry. I wondered why two other major suppliers didn’t charge sales tax on recent purchases. I guess they didn’t make the thresholds for Georgia, which I looked up and found to be 200 transactions or $100k in sales. Congrats on your success here, but it’s crazy that being successful ties an 8.5% boat anchor to you. Makes it hard to be competitive in our state.
Even if your prices are the same or higher than the others, you guys are a first class operation and I will always support your business!
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