Congrès construit en faveur de la taxe de vente en ligne
Online retailers have been affected by the inability to collect due sales tax on their web transactions for many years now. Although some retailers are larger than others and can handle this concern without much problem, small businesses can really be affected by this – to the point where many of them are not able to run web stores at all. Since the advent of the publicly available web in the early 1990s, the U.S. government has held that it would be too complicated to handle state tax laws for online transactions. Now, however, the so-called “Amazon tax” is picking up steam. Le Chicago Tribune rapports :
“U.S. states could collect millions of dollars in online sales taxes, with members of both parties in Congress sponsoring legislation Thursday that would resolve states’ lutte de décennies à l'impôt des entreprises au-delà de leurs frontières.”
States are currently missing out on a large sum of money due to them through online sales made in the confines of their borders. Although it is true that there are kinks to work out – plus particulièrement comment gérer les cas où les ordonnances sont rendues dans les différents États que les magasins eux-mêmes – it is necessary to find a way to handle this issue because states are due their taxes and small businesses should be able to compete as well.
If upheld, the ruling could potentially lead to some interesting changes in the web sales market. Would big web retailers opt to move to places, like Delaware, that don’t have sales tax on certain items? How will interstate transactions be handled? We are excited to see what happens in the future of retail, and we hope that the government can come to a strong solution for this issue.