Re:Its about damn time.. (Score 2)

Sales tax on internet transactions would just drive up the cost of doing buisness on the web and create a new industry for accountants to track all the individual principalities sales tax and provide that information as a service (I'm sure the VCs are getting out their checkbooks as we speak).

I also agree that sales tax in the meat world doesn't work either. Every state and pissant county can make up a reason to charge a sales tax and if you are a buisness in that area tough luck if the guy down the street can charge less because of it.

Sales tax has also become a political tool for those that would like to have a say in what you can and cannot do. A higher sales tax on cigarettes for example. We need to take a stand on our personal liberties if nothing else.

If sales on the internet are subject to the local whims then I can see special taxes popping up in those communities that want to discourage "those people" from living here. This is an extreme example, but IMHO a valid one.