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Democratic senator wants Internet sales taxes | (cnet.com)
6 points by edcobb on April 13, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 5 comments



I can understand this, yet I wish that state and local taxes were simplified. There are so many exceptions to the rules...


Perhaps by making a country wide, federal sales tax, at a single percentage and that applies to everything - kind of like an Australian GST or European VAT?

Well, not quite like the Australian GST since that doesn't apply to fresh unprocessed food and a few other things.

And not quite like the European VAT since that applies at different rates in different countries.

Perhaps the USA could be a leader in something again. A simple GST/VAT that's applied evenly and is uncomplicated.


Taxes that are applied evenly and are uncomplicated are not something the United States specializes in.


Taxes that are applied evenly and are uncomplicated are not something taxes specialize in.


VAT works when you have a small country, but in a Federal system where states and cities have different needs it just wouldn't work.




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