My senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is vehemently against this tax. Oregon doesn't have a sales tax so I'm not really sure why he's against this proposal so much. Maybe he thinks we already have a "level playing field" and OR has nothing to gain since we wouldn't collect anything?
> My senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is vehemently against this tax. Oregon doesn't have a sales tax so I'm not really sure why he's against this proposal so much.
Probably because "Oregon doesn't have a sales tax" is an incentive for internet-based retail business to locate facilities in Oregon under the current regime where sales tax only applies to transactions where, approximately, (1) the state levying the sales tax is one in which you are incorporated or have physical presence, andat the same time, (2) the recipient is located in the state levying the tax.
Note that the incentive to locate in Oregon or other no-sales-tax state over a state with a sales tax goes away under a model where the first condition is removed and only the second condition applies.
