Amazon.com to collect taxes in MA

[Wag]

http://www.boston.com/businessupdat...atrick-says/WQnr45OToz1PRMH7nLcPZM/story.html

I guess I will have to be even more diligent about where/how I spend my money on the interwebs.

 

[unokitty]

Sorry to hear that. I feel for you.

Happened in Texas earlier this year.

Uno

 

[dfuze]

Safe, just over the CT border

 

[jpeyton]

Always safe in OR, regardless of whether they open a facility here or not.

 

[Geosurface]

Safe, just over the CT border

I'm in CT too. Not a native though, are you?

Hope they don't start doing this here. I order a lot from Amazon.

I'm in New London county.

 

[Brainonska511]

 

[CycloWizard]

The government needs its money. More than you. Think of the children!

 

[Matt1970]

They have been on again and off again with sales tax in NY for a while.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Figure out how much gas used for a run to the border vs sales tax saved.

If favorable, either ship to someone over the border or open a mailbox to be shipped to.

Nice thing about Mass, you are less than an hour from a border.

 

[Engineer]

Figure out how much gas used for a run to the border vs sales tax saved.

If favorable, either ship to someone over the border or open a mailbox to be shipped to.

Nice thing about Mass, you are less than an hour from a border.

and then make sure to claim it on your state income "use" tax line item.:whiste:

 

[Doppel]

Sucks but you will continue to use it anyway. States with amazon still do brisk business because it is that good a vendor.

 

[crashtestdummy]

As it should be. It makes no sense for Amazon to be exempt from sales tax (at least in terms of enforcement).

 

[EagleKeeper]

and then make sure to claim it on your state income "use" tax line item.:whiste:

Or claim it on taxes for the state shipped to

 

[Pneumothorax]

Understand the OP, Amazon made the same evil bargain, with our dufus governor. As a result, didn't renew my prime membership and have been buying more stuff from bhphoto and ebay.

 

[dfuze]

I'm in CT too. Not a native though, are you?

Hope they don't start doing this here. I order a lot from Amazon.

I'm in New London county.

Northern Hartford county, 99% of my life here, so native enough.

 

[gevorg]

Tax evasion runs in American blood, from common folk that ignore their state tax laws (I'm looking at you California!), and all the way to the political elite (I'm looking at you Romney!).

 

[bozack]

http://www.boston.com/businessupdat...atrick-says/WQnr45OToz1PRMH7nLcPZM/story.html

I guess I will have to be even more diligent about where/how I spend my money on the interwebs.

new Hampshire is just a few minutes up the road...

This also comes on the heels of Deval announcing he is going to make Tolling on the pike more efficient, a road that was arguably paid for in full back in the mid 80s.

I live here so I can't complain too much, but no one should move to Mass looking for it to be even remotely affordable especially when compared to NH...and while I am sure a bunch will crow on about the school system, the fact is that Mass has its good and bad schools just like the rest of them.

 

[Meghan54]

Nice thing about Mass, you are less than an hour from a border.

Depends upon where in MA you are. We're ~2 hrs from NH, 1.5 hrs from RI.