So if an amazon customer living in California buys an item that is fulfilled from Arizona, why should a California sales tax be involved? Why are we suddenly redefining the meaning of local sales tax? Are we now to the point where every state with a local sales tax will also impose tariffs on out-of-state goods? That seems to be the argument here.
Because it was purchased by a Californian from California? I don't get how Arizona's involved at all, Best Buy prob has distribution centers there too, it's not a part of Best Buy's point of sale tax calculations.
Again, it's not a tarriff on out-of-state goods, it's assessing the same tax on out-of-state as you do on in-state goods.
A non-reverse-tarriff, if you will. Level playing field is all I'm arguing for here, don't see how that message keeps getting lost.
Because you are asking a business to file taxes in all 50 states it does business with instead of the consumer that is purchasing the goods who should be declaring them and paying tax on them directly to the state.
