IL wants people to pay taxes on online purchases

[radioguy6]

They can suck a dick and try and prove every penny i've spent online. We need to remove and replace each one of those corrupted asshole politicians. This shit is old.

 

[Gypsy]

 

[machausta]

Do these idiots have anything else better to do?

 

[Theautoguy]

I think this is false...I'm surprised it hasn't hit Snopes yet. GW signed the "Internet Tax Freedom Act Amendment of 2007" which extend a moretorium on internet taxation until 2014. This supercedes local and state ordinances and laws and has been in place under several acts since 1998. Further, they cannot tax previous purchases.

 

[Euro]

Oh, and it's retroactive. So any purchases you've made online, over the phone, or by mail from 04-now, you will need to cut a check to IL to cover taxes on those items.

:jerkit:

That's such bullshit. Fuck that.

 

[PANDA]

The link to that article does not work anymore.

 

[Eagle]

no wonder the politicians in chicago/springfield dont want guns around them

I wonder if I could drag my house a few miles over the border to WI. IL is really quite the POS state to live in.

 

[jason05gt]

I wonder if I could drag my house a few miles over the border to WI. IL is really quite the POS state to live in.

Everyone should write their representatives. I've done this numerous times through congress.org.

Thank you to all the brilliant people that voted for Quinn!! The guy is a true moron. How about looking at stuff that really matters like pensions and bloated Gov't spending? No instead we are going to try to take more from the taxpayers.

 

[radioguy6]

Quinn did legalize 35% tints on all windows... ...

I'm pretty sure this has to be false..that article lacked alot of details..

 

[machausta]

Quinn did legalize 35% tints on all windows... ...

I'm pretty sure this has to be false..that article lacked alot of details..

The tribune had the same article as well...

http://mobile.chicagotribune.com/wap/news/text.jsp?sid=289&nid=31749904&cid=16273&scid=-1&ith=0&title=Latest+From+Breaking+News+Center

 

[Stink Star]

i figured it was bullshit too, but i just caught a piece about it on the news.. sounds real enough. but yea, i agree it would be impossible to prove anyway so im not worried

 

[Freebeer187]

I just saw this on the news. Most of it sounds like bs/impossible, but what I could imagine working is major companys/websites enforcing the rule at checkout. IE, Amazon, Rock auto, ebay, etc.

As far as a "worksheet" to date back to 04 to pay taxes on everything you bought :squirts:

 

[blakbearddelite]

I would say that it wouldn't be impossible for the government to get those records. I would say that it is unlikely they're going to follow through with this though. That is a ton of work, but it would definitely be a money maker if they could make it practical.

 

[radioguy6]

the amount of resources the state would have to use to obtain records would cost more than the taxes "owed" to them. Paycuts are where the money is.

 

[blakbearddelite]

the amount of resources the state would have to use to obtain records would cost more than the taxes "owed" to them.

I'm not saying I disagree with you, but I don't think there is enough information right now (to the general public) to determine if it is a worthwhile effort. Going public with this information leads me to believe one of two things:

1) They're doing this to scare people into paying sales tax on-line and don't plan on carrying out this plan.

OR

2) They've done the analysis on cost/benefit and they believe it to be profitable.

I can't see the government committing to doing this if they aren't going to make any money.

 

[Angus]

The gov't commits to a lot before considering costs and benefits...

 

[AlmightyBirdman]

Why does Illinois have to suck so much ass I swear the only good thing this state has going for it is how incredibly easy it is to pass emissions.

 

[KnightFan26917]

Even if the state of IL obtains records ... how are people going to be able to tell for sure that the records are correct? I know I don't have receipts from 6 years ago to verify total amounts.....

Aye.



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[Theautoguy]

It won't happen, it can't happen. How can Illinois obtain records for purchasses made to a company in Ohio (Summit)? Summit will tell them to go scratch and the Ohio law won't do a thing.

Again, the federal government has a ban on internet sales that state and local governments cannot break. It probably showed up in the news as a sound-bite from someone throwing ideas around to balance the Illinois budget.