The Heartland Institute

...ITTN PODCAST: Steve Stanek, managing editor of Budget & Tax News and John Nothdurft, Director of Government Relations at the Heartland Institute, discuss the recent passage in the U.S. Senate of the Marketplace Fairness Act. Host: Jim Lakely ...

... compel online retailers to collect sales tax even when they have no physical... nation’s largest retailers. Online giant Amazon.com backs it as do many... is unfair they must charge sales tax on all their sales while online and catalog retailers must charge sales tax only on sales that originate in... ...

... would allow states to collect sales taxes on Web-based businesses that are... consumer advocates and others. “Such proposed taxes travel under the guise of ‘fairness... It’s beyond comprehension how a tax that will kill jobs by driving... requiring online retailers to collect sales tax regardless of where... ...

... many states have passed so-called Amazon taxes that have produced very little revenue... tried to expand states' ability to tax purchases made online and from mail... expand states' ability to charge sales taxes on out-of-state retailers regardless... the state. Allowing states to collect taxes on... ...

... of-state retailers to collect sales taxes for online and mail-order sales... of how and when items are taxed, increasing confusion for out-of-state... online merchants to accurately charge sales taxes for the products they sell to the 9,600 different taxing bodies in this country. In addition... the physical... ...

... bills to expand states’ ability to tax purchases made online and from mail... expands states’ ability to charge sales taxes on out-of-state retailers regardless... Opens Door to Vast New State Taxes Removing the physical presence or “nexus” standard for sales taxes reduces states’ accountability to... ...

... could end up allowing states to tax consumer purchases made over the Internet... would allow states to collect sales tax on Internet purchases, even if an... state. The response from Internet sales tax opponents was swift. “This proposal, and other online sales tax collection proposals like it, would... ...

... bills to expand states’ ability to tax purchases made online and from mail... expand states’ ability to charge sales taxes on out-of-state retailers regardless... states to impose scores of new taxes on consumers and open the door to other new taxes. The U.S. Supreme Court’s... substantial nexus” within... ...

... a tempting target for new sales taxes. States are determining whether to consider... that a state cannot impose a tax on a company offering cloud services... There are two general approaches to taxing software: either as tangible or intangible... would assess a sales and use tax on “prewritten software... ...

... restrict Michigan's ability to raise taxes. 7. Why a Nevada teachers union... interests make more from K-12 tax increases than taxpayers. 9. What lawmakers... Jersey and Washington. 2. Apple vs. Amazon in the classroom. 3. The new... Nevada judge rules a teacher union tax proposal misled petition signers... ...

... buying textbooks from retailers such as Amazon, for example, or to pay school... the way families use vouchers or tax-credit scholarships. Once students from failing schools begin to use ESAs, it is likely parents will continue to use the accounts for different alternatives such as online classes and tutoring... ...

...From the Tech Liberation Front : Proponents of higher taxes have taken to calling the exemption... the power of one state to tax residents of another. My latest commentary... aims to help states collect sales taxes on out-of-state purchases, typically... clause that prevents one state from taxing residents... ...

Myth 1: A tax on Internet sales just enables states to collect taxes they are already legally entitled to... is not legally entitled to collect taxes from Internet sellers with no physical... it to collect sales or use taxes, affirming the ruling in a 1967... sellers and then pay a "use" tax... ...

... s governor has vetoed a new tax-credit scholarship program, but the statehouse... reforms, including merit pay and scholarship tax credits, are moving forward and shifting... for today about its deal with Amazon to send $16.5 million worth... of Montana voters support charter schools, tax-credit scholarships... ...

Amazon.com Inc. is planning to partner... with at least one California city to collect sales taxes from the entire state. Most of the collected tax money would go back to Amazon. The company is building warehouses in... will receive all the local sales taxes. That will be about 1 percent of... ...

... to balance their budgets by introducing taxes on Internet goods and services. State... senators have introduced a bill (SB 400) to tax digital downloads, including applications, songs, ringtones... s current 1 percent digital sales tax to 6.35 percent, thereby increasing exponentially the complexity of collecting... ...

... pioneers of Internet retailing such as Amazon.com, eBay, and Barnes and Noble... and a broadband connection. For every Amazon and Apple online there are literally... digital downloads found on iTunes and Amazon. Warren Westfall, owner of the Record... buggy whips.” Westfall continued: “eBay and Amazon have... ...

... s (D) 2012 budget would impose taxes on digitally delivered goods and services and tax purchases made from out-of-state... state’s general 6 percent sales tax. The proposal would also tax digitally delivered goods and services such... charge for their services. “The sales tax language contained... ...

... agreement to begin collecting Indiana sales tax on Internet purchases. Indiana will become... to reach such an agreement with Amazon.com, but Gov. Mitch Daniels (D... legislation to address the online sales tax issue. “The only complete answer to... statement. According to the agreement between Amazon and... ...

... agreement to begin collecting Indiana sales tax on Internet purchases. Indiana will become... to reach such an agreement with Amazon.com, but Gov. Mitch Daniels (R... legislation to address the online sales tax issue. “The only complete answer to... statement. According to the agreement between Amazon... ...