The Great Sales Tax Debate (2 of 2)

The Great Sales Tax debate part deux…

Small businesses shouldn’t need a lawyer like for 50 State tax problems.
The removal of physical presence is not a bad thing for Sellers
Physical presence is no longer a barrier to taxation that large corporates were using to claim exemption from tax
The Courts were sick of it and are throwing it out
It seemed constitutionally sound with respect to large businesses, it didn’t say it’s the same for small businesses

The States need to Adapt

Burdensome taxes, a single Mom operating out of a kitchen table exercise having to file the same amount of tax paperwork as Walmart and it’s a burden and undue as the States can fix it
The technology is there to fix it
Ability to make Amazon collect tax is there
The fact that States are so dysfunctional is there and not willing to
They need to adapt with business and the economy not the other way around

Don’t want to start if I have to shell out £100k tax bill as soon as I hit FBA
Attack on free-will for Entrepreneurs to start up
Most employment comes from small businesses
Stifling creativity and innovation through this sales tax
Also, this removes a lot of Amazon small sellers as this discourages people joining the FBA world

There could be a cleaning house effect that Amazon aren’t opposed to
Consolidation of the market place is what they are doing
Looking to lose ones steadily over time but losing loads at once would crater their revenues

Let’s say States go after individual lawyers and Amazon gets it’s slate cleaned
States push out all the domestic sellers and leaves the Chinese Sellers left
By the time a sales tax assessment comes through the Chinese Seller will have cleared their stock and moved on
UK VAT is complicated and open season currently
Australia immediately patched their laws to tax Amazon sales when they came in
If Amazon doesn’t have the resources to find the duplicate accounts and Sellers then how will the States do it?

20 States got together and falsely accused all Sellers on Amazon
But if you came forward and signed up they would waive your back-tax on Sales
This was a one-time gift that the States give
But you are also being falsely accused of something you didn’t do
Likely illegal as unfair tax enforcement
Aiming to get Sellers to register going forwards
Wisconsin is going after Walmart – saying Walmart is a Retailer (but not saying Amazon is)
The Wayfair case isn’t the case about Amazon FBA
Remember States thought you had nexus before Wayfair, the decision would not have helped FBA Sellers

When you get a letter
Tell my clients – you can’t afford to bring this case
We want to crowdfund this defence – if we win then we all win
Declaratory judgement – States being told by the courts that they can’t go after this
This is an unnecessary burden – an argument that Wayfair really didn’t have
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