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Post by monty on Jul 11, 2010 10:12:43 GMT -8
15 percent doesn't really worry me if almost 7/8 are paying the huge tax that isn't too bad.
P.S. sounds like the problem here is mostly federalism and state rights.
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Post by aztecwin on Jul 11, 2010 10:30:50 GMT -8
15 percent doesn't really worry me if almost 7/8 are paying the huge tax that isn't too bad. P.S. sounds like the problem here is mostly federalism and state rights. Maybe the tax should go a bit higher with some of the additional income earmarked for enforcement. Tobacco is taxed on both the State and Federal levels. |
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Post by monty on Jul 11, 2010 13:37:08 GMT -8
15 percent doesn't really worry me if almost 7/8 are paying the huge tax that isn't too bad. P.S. sounds like the problem here is mostly federalism and state rights. Maybe the tax should go a bit higher with some of the additional income earmarked for enforcement. Tobacco is taxed on both the State and Federal levels. But the problem is the discrepancy between states, and so straight up, easy smuggling can happen buy buying in one state and selling in another. |
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Post by aztecwin on Jul 11, 2010 14:08:01 GMT -8
Maybe the tax should go a bit higher with some of the additional income earmarked for enforcement. Tobacco is taxed on both the State and Federal levels. But the problem is the discrepancy between states, and so straight up, easy smuggling can happen buy buying in one state and selling in another. You can also go to the Indian Reservations in some states and get a deal. The taxation by the Feds is the same in all States. What the individual States do is their business. I see no problem living in one place and crossing over a State line to purchase things at a lessor tax rate in another if it is lawful. You may be liable for tax if you are caught and therefore it might not be worth the risk or be morally right. Just keep jacking the price on those things up till you reach the point of diminishing returns and then back off a click or two. |
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Post by monty on Jul 11, 2010 17:43:24 GMT -8
But the problem is the discrepancy between states, and so straight up, easy smuggling can happen buy buying in one state and selling in another. You can also go to the Indian Reservations in some states and get a deal. The taxation by the Feds is the same in all States. What the individual States do is their business. I see no problem living in one place and crossing over a State line to purchase things at a lessor tax rate in another if it is lawful. You may be liable for tax if you are caught and therefore it might not be worth the risk or be morally right. Just keep jacking the price on those things up till you reach the point of diminishing returns and then back off a click or two. buy that is a major source of the sited 15 percent black market figure |
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Post by aztecwin on Jul 12, 2010 12:32:45 GMT -8
You can also go to the Indian Reservations in some states and get a deal. The taxation by the Feds is the same in all States. What the individual States do is their business. I see no problem living in one place and crossing over a State line to purchase things at a lessor tax rate in another if it is lawful. You may be liable for tax if you are caught and therefore it might not be worth the risk or be morally right. Just keep jacking the price on those things up till you reach the point of diminishing returns and then back off a click or two. buy that is a major source of the sited 15 percent black market figure Clarify! Caps and punctuation help.  |
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Post by monty on Jul 12, 2010 21:51:39 GMT -8
buy that is a major source of the sited 15 percent black market figure Clarify! Caps and punctuation help. Sorry, clearly - without fail: The first letter of a sentence is capitalized; the end of a statement has a period. |
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Post by aztecwin on Jul 13, 2010 11:00:02 GMT -8
Clarify! Caps and punctuation help. Sorry, clearly - without fail: The first letter of a sentence is capitalized; the end of a statement has a period. I still do not see what you are getting at. |
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Post by monty on Jul 13, 2010 17:47:13 GMT -8
Sorry, clearly - without fail: The first letter of a sentence is capitalized; the end of a statement has a period. I still do not see what you are getting at. The article sites interstate smuggling, using an example of taking from Va to Ny to dance around the much higher state sales tax. |
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Post by aztecwin on Jul 14, 2010 16:43:04 GMT -8
I still do not see what you are getting at. The article sites interstate smuggling, using an example of taking from Va to Ny to dance around the much higher state sales tax. OK, got it! What you were referring to was not clear. |
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Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Jul 16, 2010 7:15:04 GMT -8
You can also go to the Indian Reservations in some states and get a deal. The taxation by the Feds is the same in all States. What the individual States do is their business. I see no problem living in one place and crossing over a State line to purchase things at a lessor tax rate in another if it is lawful. You may be liable for tax if you are caught and therefore it might not be worth the risk or be morally right. Just keep jacking the price on those things up till you reach the point of diminishing returns and then back off a click or two. I was on vacation after I retired in 2000, and my fairly new car (29,000 miles on the odometer) started having transmission problems. I had a warranty for the first six months, but it had been six months and a day, so I decided to trade it in for a new car, which I bought and paid state sales tax on in the state I was in. I found that when I came back to California they wanted to hit me up for taxes all over again. To register it, I had to comply with their fleece the consumer attitude, so I paid the additional tax. |
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