N.Y. Orders Large Web Retailers To Charge Internet Tax

[Midnight Mike]

New York Internet shoppers, take note: in five weeks, sales tax-free shopping will end on many Web sites thanks to rewritten state rules that are trying to force Internet retailers to collect.

At Chrono Tech Watches in White Plains, Jerry Nally is glad the clock is ticking on many Internet retailers that don't charge New York sales tax. Nally says those so-called "e-tailers" steal his customers.

"They'll come in our store, look at our product, touch it, play with it, look at the warranties, then go back to the web and buy it tax free," says Nally.

http://wcbstv.com/technology/ny.interne ... 07820.html

[Matt Molnar]

I was going to post this because it really infuriates me. Rather than finding a way to cut $50 million of garbage from the budget, they'd rather adopt a liberal interpretation of an earlier Supreme Court ruling, which will be fought and they will probably lose. Amazon will fight this as far as it can go and case law is on their side. At some point Congress will probably change the law and every site will have to charge tax, but until then this is wrong and illegal.

[Lezam]

Thats bull... im going to have to start shipping my stuff to jersey now