Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/03/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Recent decisions on Internet trade have voided the sales tax issue for at least three years. Clinton recently signed legislation that eliminates sales tax on Internet sales. PNN trades mostly on the Internet and offers free Fed-Ex shipping. Pat PNN prm@photonewsnetwork.com - ---------- > From: ATanabe <ATanabe@aol.com> > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] A Chatterton Story > Date: Saturday, March 21, 1998 11:43 PM > > In a message dated 98-03-21 17:30:42 EST, you write: > > << As for Mr. Chatterton's tax dealings, hurray for him. Legally avoiding > taxes is commendable in my book. He is only getting to keep his own > money, instead of giving it to somebody who thinks they can spend it > better then he can. What a concept. > >> > What if we all did business via mail order, out of state and no one paid any > taxes??? Or better yet, we start buying goods from other countries and avoid > high tarrifs imposed by importers (ie Hong Kong). We could all put our $0.02 > in and develope a list of companies that will do business with us for goods > and services then none of us will ever have to pay taxes! What a concept! > What a shame! I don't like the way politicians spend our tax money on things > and thats why we have elections! BTW I have dealt with Don when I lived in > Oregon (sales tax free but 11% income tax) and he was very fair and honorable. > I feel that the services that his business receives (police,fire,sewer et al) > are not being reimbursed to the state (sales tax pays for this). Now unless > he buys a whole heck of a lot of things to compensate for lost state tax > revenues generated by his business, he is definately taking advantage of the > people of this state. > Al