Taxation (again)

[Chris Smith <[e-mail]>]

Some time back, we had an almost-acrimonious discussion here
regarding taxation and purchase protocols.

Whether you like it or not, that discussion may be about to
return, via the Streamlined Sales Tax Project.

CNNfn has a reasonably complete article on this, with much
background info...

http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/12/22/cashflow/q_salestax/index.htm

Quite simply, it looks like the idea of online ordering as
a way to avoid some taxes is not going to fly. The good news
would seem to be that the legislative initiatives are designed
to *reduce* the complexity of the sales tax situation, rather
than simply declare that 'taxes must be collected' without
regard for the difficulty of implementation.

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 Chris Smith                     <[e-mail]>