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Business Groups: Online Sales Tax Loophole Costs Florida Jobs
July 22, 2013
Business advocates have gotten behind a study that says Florida would see robust job growth if “e-Fairness” tax laws were adopted to close loopholes that allow many out-of-state retailers to avoid collecting sales taxes when Floridians make purchases online.
The Florida Chamber of Commerce, Associated Industries of Florida, and the Florida Retail Federation, along with Florida TaxWatch, on Friday lent their support to the national study that estimates more than 107,000 mostly retail jobs would be created in Florida within a decade if sales taxes were collected for online purchases. They hope the data from the Alliance for Main Street Fairness study will sway lawmakers to require the collection of the taxes.
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5 Responses to “Business Groups: Online Sales Tax Loophole Costs Florida Jobs”
Devastating Dave you are self reporting and sending in the tax ,right?
“107,000 mostly retail jobs would be created in Florida ”
Oh please. Who comes up with this nonsense? The chamber? And people believe them. I guarantee the people that run the chamber shop on line and dont pay sales tax. BTW ,There already is a law and form for that.
People will still buy online as amazon lowers cost via robots.
GET RID OF ALL SALES TAX FOR EVERYONE.
Economic activity will increase 7.5%
Being charged sales tax online will not improve the economy here in Pensacola. Price + selection = WIN. I shop for everything but groceries online. Why? Because it is the only way to get what I want. Local stores never have what I want, so I will not buy from them. I wish I could be a card board cut-out person who buys what Wal-Mart tells me to like, but I just can’t. Stranger in a Strange Land my friends.
@Fairness
I will back you up on the auto parts thing. I sell parts fer a livin’ and I know what shops pay verses what they charge. Depending on the shops practice the cost to the customer could be even triple or QUADRUPLE what was paid by the shop.
Not all shops do that though, so don’t go yellin’ at your meckanik till you know fer sure.
Many places, Walmart included, don’t carry all things or all sizes in their stores; you have to order them online. Since Walmart has local stores in Florida you have to pay sales tax plus shipping; many online stores don’t have Florida branches so you get a break on sales tax but you still have to pay for shipping which offsets it.
Do the increased jobs from retailers in Florida take into consideration just how many people that are involved in the home delivery of items would no longer be employed? No picture is as rosy as some would like to paint it.
Everyone would like to shop local, but a lot of company’s have their products marked up more then a 100% or greater. Making a profit is how it works, over charging is why people go online. When you take a car to the shop for repair and the shop puts on a part he more then doubles what he pays for the part and then charges you $ 85 to $145.00 labor. If you think i’m wrong price a part at the auto parts store and then take your car in for repair and see what he charges you for that part. The auto parts store sold it at a profit and the repair man more then doubles the price on the ticket..