All this is, is a state that misspent its money paying bullshit to do stupid crap and found a new money grab to hide their incompetence.
Technically, the state was always owed the money, but there was no easy way to track the purchases and collect the money. The internet makes both relatively easy and states are finally eyeing it because they're in such bad shape financially. Where they could track purchases like this, they have collected. Cars are the prime example. You need license plates from the state and they take that opportunity to slap you with the use tax. That happened to me when my fricken lame Subaru's transmission went out last Christmas while I was in Oregon. Drove it back home to Seattle and the state of Washington had collected the use tax before I even crossed the state line.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/amazon-306409-affiliate-california.html It's official. Effective immediately.
This just shows that California is an INNOVATOR in chasing away business. Affiliate advertising and marketing is a huge business and many of these people will simply move their operations away.
I bought two laptops in the past couple of years. One from Dell, I had to pay sales tax because Dell had a presence in California. The other, the company shipped the laptop to New York and then from New York to me and I had to pay no sales tax. I bought that laptop from the company in New York in the first place, but the manufacturer was in California. The whole thing is ridiculous, though I agree the state is owed its sales tax - or New York is in the case of the 2nd laptop.
fuck this state. i can't live here after i'm done with my party and bullshit part of my life which is a few more years. I need to seriously look into Texas.
Should be taxed that way, shouldn't it? At least those advocating this type of taxation should agree. I also think an online movie download should be taxed, if you're going to be consistent about collecting a sales tax.
Hey Denny, has Jerry Brown turned things around yet? Kitz has taken over the schools here in Oregon, so is he one-up on the Left Coast retread race?
Sales tax is non-existent in Oregon, which is where I shop online, so I don't pay it. If the online retailer charges it (few do), I don't shop with them. Sales tax is a way for the rich to have their lives subsidized by the poor, and I avoid supporting that ideology whenever I can.
