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Have at it: Is online tax fair or taxation without representation?
By M.D. Kittle | Wisconsin Reporter
MADISON – Fair or foul?
When it comes to the Marketplace Fairness Act, the contentious Internet sales tax, there is much to love or hate – depending on what side you’re on.
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The U.S. Senate seems to like the tax enough. Passage proved a breeze in late spring.
House members, on the other hand, may not be so sold. The bill still awaits action in committee.
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The proposal requires Internet retailers to collect sales tax on out-of-state purchases. It’s not a tax on stores, but on customers. And it’s really not a new tax. Customers are supposed to send in their sales tax payments to the state tax collector.
Most don’t.
Online retailers would be forced to collect as much as $24 billion that now goes uncollected, under the legislation.
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