Amazon To Collect Sales Tax In Florida Starting Tomorrow

Amazon only collects sales tax on items they sell and possibly if they ship a “Prime” item for a seller based in your home state. So I often choose a seller other than Amazon when shopping Prime.

Last chance for tax evasion! Quick! Dan, isn’t this a chilul Hashem?

@Liam Knuj:
Yup, good tip.

@RUSerious:
I’ve read less than 1% of people pay online sales tax when it wasn’t collected.

This isn’t avoiding income tax, I don’t think any state seriously thinks consumers will pay sales tax for online goods shipped out of state. That’s why they go after Amazon and not consumers.

@RUSerious:

This entire feed is a chill Hashem

Dan- you didnt mention NY/NJ in the headline.

when they started collecting in NJ, I was charged tax for an order placed a week earlier, since it was shipped after the date they started collecting taxes.

@RUSerious:

You are right! Lifnim Me’shuras Hadin requires that one pay a tax they are not “required” to pay. That is why I give 100% of my income to tax. Otherwise I am a tax-evader and will be causing a chilul hashem.

I also don’t shop for clothing in states like NJ to avoid paying tax on the clothing. That would be a chilul hashem as well.

Dan please try to accommodate your readers who go above and beyond in their shtuskeit, I mean frumkeit

@Emma: so get off of it

I never comment but this is ridiculous. Why is others so concerned about Dan’s salvation and throws stones. You don’t complain about chillul Hashem when a deal is posted that you benefit from. I assume you’re complaining about his one because you’re not a Florida resident. Since you’re so concerned about what is chillul Hashem and what isn’t, start your own blog and post whatever you want until then get off your high horse.If you have a problem with what’s posted her, there really is a simple solution…… DON”T READ IT!!!!. ok rant over. Thanks for all your post Dan. I appreciate them

@RUSerious:
Before the law takes affect isn’t tax evastion.
Go be such a great liberal and send the IRS some extra money.

I know this comment is late & probably won’t be widely read, but here goes:
IMHO, the law is that if you buy a product from another state (whether in person or shipped) and you pay ANY sales to that state, then you do not have to pay “use tax” on that item in your state. However, if sales tax was not collected, whether because it was shipped out of the state of purchase or the item is exempt of sales tax in that state (eg: all clothing in New Jersey) then you have a lawful obligation to remit the requisite “use tax” to your state. It is irrelevant whether adherence to or enforcement of the law is high, low, or even nil or if the government chooses to go after the merchants and not the consumer (that’s simply a decision based on economics, not acquiescence). Being that is the law of the land (even if just “locally”), then “Dina d’Malchusa Dina” makes it halachically binding. It is NOT “Lifnim Mishuras Hadin”, “shtuskeit”, “frumkeit”, or “krumkeit”. It is “Yiddishkeit”.

@Be real:

whot a non sence:

shop for clothing in states like NJ to avoid paying tax on the clothing is 100% legal so its not a chilul hashem, and to order from amazon before the law is in affect is not a chilul hashem