A friend of mine just emailed me one of your articles from a while back. I read that one a few more. Really enjoy your blog. Thanks
Kate
· 1 year ago
This is great example of "don't believe everything you read on the internet." About half of the information in this article is correct. 1) The state of Washington cannot force out of state retailers, who do not have a physical presence in the state, to collect Washington tax. So, if a vendor in Florida ships something to Washington, they are not required to collect Washington tax. Same with the Idaho vendor. However, if that same Idaho vendor delivers goods to a Washington location, they create a business presence for themselves and are required to collect Washington tax. 2) There has NEVER been a federal moratorium on sales taxes for goods purchased on the internet. The federal moratorium prohibits internet access fees from being subjected to sales tax. Every state that has a sales tax also has a complimentary use tax. If you buy someting on the internet, and don't pay sales tax to the vendor, you owe a use tax that should be paid directly to your state.
JEBCommerce
· 1 year ago
We shouldn't believe what the Department of Revenue of Washington State puts on their website?
Chiropractic marketing
· 2 months ago
I consider your thoughts but it is hard to believe if there are complicated things that comes in the mind of people and also there are some cases that they really don't believe on some news and updates that comes.
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1) The state of Washington cannot force out of state retailers, who do not have a physical presence in the state, to collect Washington tax. So, if a vendor in Florida ships something to Washington, they are not required to collect Washington tax. Same with the Idaho vendor. However, if that same Idaho vendor delivers goods to a Washington location, they create a business presence for themselves and are required to collect Washington tax.
2) There has NEVER been a federal moratorium on sales taxes for goods purchased on the internet. The federal moratorium prohibits internet access fees from being subjected to sales tax. Every state that has a sales tax also has a complimentary use tax. If you buy someting on the internet, and don't pay sales tax to the vendor, you owe a use tax that should be paid directly to your state.