16th
The whole state sales tax thing when it comes to ecommerce is ridiculous.
I just bought a new SLR camera. I live in Los Angeles and there is a incredible camera store here, Samy’s. But instead of buying my camera from the local guy I bought it from B&H in New York City because that way I did not have to pay sales tax. Do not feel bad for Samy’s they told me that their biggest market online is shipping to New York for the same reason.
How stupid is that, Samy’s ships to NYC, B&H ships to CA… The way sales tax laws are today it actually punishes people for shopping local. I am not sure of what the best solution would be but I do know that incentivizing me to order something from out of state to avoid sales tax is not a great idea
photo via azspot via Mike Keefe
