New sales tax collection law for Colorado..

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Originally Posted by Eric P

Why the US Congress needs to ban taxation of interstate commerce. Internet and mail order. And that silly tax Colorado has on stuff purchased out of state.

We do with less, it's time government do with less.

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Do not hold your breath.

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Originally Posted by thedave1164

Another reason to leave this state

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Done.
However what one state fucks you with in taxes, the others do with fees. There is no safe harbor from the storm a brewing, how one weathers the storm. That's entirely different. Fortunately we had no kids of school age, so relocating was not that hard. I feel for those with kids in school, or with a large family tie, still residing there.

Next will be taxing a private party firearms transfer through a FFL. Since they have to take it into their inventory to record the sale, surely that is a reason to tax the new owners when it is transferred from inventory to the new owner?

The government will do all they can to eliminate the illicit (cash, barter) economy so that all transactions can be controlled.

Just wait until the commies take control of the federal branches again.

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Originally Posted by 3beansalad

And now I cant even get a deal on auto parts online. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...8ff932e052.jpg

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For anyone curious, shipping to a location not subject to city sales tax seems to be acceptable. I didn't complete the order at this point, the $75 shipping charge feels exorbitant and I'll check out some other outlets before buying.

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Originally Posted by wctriumph

Next will be taxing a private party firearms transfer through a FFL. Since they have to take it into their inventory to record the sale, surely that is a reason to tax the new owners when it is transferred from inventory to the new owner?

The government will do all they can to eliminate the illicit (cash, barter) economy so that all transactions can be controlled.

Just wait until the commies take control of the federal branches again.

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The Commies are still there, some even, still in power. The Commies in our country wear Red and Blue.


For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
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Originally Posted by Joe_K

The Commies are still there, some even, still in power. The Commies in our country wear Red and Blue. ‭

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Yup, the communists sit on both sides of the aisle.

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Originally Posted by foxtrot

Does it really "level the field"?

Mail order business have a cost that you don't .... mailing. Though you might think tax levels the field for small business, companies like Amazon and Walmart don't really have any overhead from this, and it's not going to affect their sales. People ordering online aren't magically going to walk into a retail store because there's a $3.00 fee added that they're... also going to get walking into the retail store.

Any small or medium business, on the other hand, that wants to ship *ANYTHING* - ever- now has their expenses increase by 25-50% or more in doing so. Your good customer moved to Denver and still wants your product? Someone in the neighboring town wants you to ship something to their grandma for her birthday? etc.

Note the requirements don't pass as 200 transactions to each taxing region, it just establishes a minimum size for a business. A business running 100,000 in volume probably isn't generating a profit of even $10,000, and the single-employee owner would be making less than minimum wage in most industries, if not taking a loss. So, it applies to ALL SMALL BUSINESSES. With the only except of "hobby businesses" e.g. people who have a business in name only, but not occupation.

The effect of this is the opposite of leveling the field, it's to drive out small business from competing with "mail order", as you're not going to be getting couch potatoes out to shop if they're going to potato.

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The store (and at the end of the day, the consumer) does have to pay freight in too, as witnessed by the product sitting (locally) on the shelf. While there are differences in cost models between the two operations, local business and "mail order," the kinds of costs required to get the product to the consumer are similar, and reflect the costs of the product, marketing expenses, employee payroll, profit margin, freight, etc.

However, the one substantial cost that the consumer historically does not have to pay with "mail order" is sales tax. Or, used to be. Since no one voluntarily pays Use Tax, etc.

We used to have (and I'm sure they still exist) shipping tables from UPS that would allow us to (load them into our Point of Sale application and) calculate shipping charges for every address (zip code) in America. That seems like an undauntable task, but was reduced to a one page form of zip codes and rates that could be updated on a monthly/required basis. I'm sure that similar products will become (if not already) available for calculating (and remitting) sales taxes in modern Point of Sale applications/the age of the internet.

-John

Figuring out how much tax to charge based on zip code seems about as easy as it gets.

That part aside, the law seems unfavorable.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Figuring out how much tax to charge based on zip code seems about as easy as it gets.

That part aside, the law seems unfavorable.

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First part, NO: Not all tax districts are defined exclusively by ZIP code.
Second part, Agreed.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Figuring out how much tax to charge based on zip code seems about as easy as it gets.

That part aside, the law seems unfavorable.

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Right up to the point you realize that most(if not all)t taxing authorities require businesses to register as tax collection agents, and charge for that privilege. Imagine that instead of 2 tax licences, you as a small businessman have to manage 20, each of which entails it's own fee annually, and requires that you file a multipage return at least quarterly, if not monthly, regardless of whether you collected any tax for that jurisdiction.