Thread: Internet sales collecting State taxes :(

Originally Posted by PaulKidd

Yesterday, I placed an online order with a California in-state vendor (a SoCal
brick and mortar shop). Here's what the invoice looked like:

Subtotal
$50.00

Shipping
$0.00

CA COUNTY TAX
$0.13

CA SPECIAL TAX
$0.44

CA STATE TAX
$3.00

CA CITY TAX
$0.25

CA SPECIAL TAX
$0.50

Total
$54.32 USD

"Special tax"... yeah. The "special taxes" in Kansas make me want to puke. The state decides to provide incentive's to some business's to come to a location by not charging the businesses taxes, but then pass it off on us the consumer. Moreover, it's tough to keep it all down. I go to Home Depot and get charged say 8% tax, then go across the street and shop at Lows and get nailed 9% tax.

ARG!! Cali has nothing on Kansas.

Try buying a house! Property taxes are all over the board!!

Could always be worse. In Ontario the sales tax, HST, is 13%. That $50.00 order would wind up being $56.50 total.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Could always be worse. In Ontario the sales tax, HST, is 13%. That $50.00 order would wind up being $56.50 total.

Bob

I remember that clearly Bob. But then, I didn't pay a company called Blue Cross and Blue Shield 2K USD a month to provide health care that still see's me pay $40 co-pays, no dental, and only subsidizes the shitty drugs.

Oh and here's a good one, I have to pay tax on every licence plate I own here in KS.

Bah! lol,

Originally Posted by earcutter

I remember that clearly Bob. But then, I didn't pay a company called Blue Cross and Blue Shield 2K USD a month to provide health care that still see's me pay $40 co-pays, no dental, and only subsidizes the shitty drugs.

Oh and here's a good one, I have to pay tax on every licence plate I own here in KS.

Bah! lol,

What you make on the beer you loose on the peanuts. One way or another you are going to pay in the end.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

What you make on the beer you loose on the peanuts. One way or another you are going to pay in the end.

Bob

When we first moved here from Toronto we broke it all down and yes, it was almost the same. Until we had kids, then it became super lop sided in favor of Ontario being cheaper... if you don't account for standard of living.

Kansas be cheap! 200K is a big old honking house here lol.

Don't complain, if you lived in California you'd be living in an RV on the street. If you lived in New Jersey your property taxes would eat up your entire paycheck.