[msb-alumni] Re: Get Your Amazon Orders In Before October to Avoid Michigan Sales Tax
- From: "Chris Rasmussen" <chrisnzella@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:10:56 -0500
BlankWe don’t “track” our 6% sales tax shopping locally, why should we track
on-line shopping? We have
already paid it both ways. Just asking. Sometimes places I’ve shopped have
added Mich. 6% tax.
Chris Rasmussen
From: Steve
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2015 3:59 PM
To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [msb-alumni] Get Your Amazon Orders In Before October to Avoid
Michigan Sales Tax
Lol, of course, you are supposed to track them and fill the amount in on the
MI-1040.
Big online retailers to remit sales tax starting Oct. 1 LANSING Retailers on
Thursday praised Gov. Rick Snyder for signing legislation they said would help
put them on a level playing field by requiring large online retailers such as
Amazon to collect and remit the state's 6% sales tax. The "Main Street
Fairness" legislation, which is aimed at requiring large Internet retailers
with a presence in Michigan, such as Amazon, to collect and remit the state
sales tax on Michigan purchases, starting Oct. 1. The bi-partisan legislation
was pushed by traditional retailers who say tax-free Internet sales are
unfairly undermining their businesses. "Local brick-and-mortar businesses drive
our economy and without implementing this fix, they will continue to serve as
showrooms for online retailers," Snyder said. The legislation applies to online
retailers with a "physical presence" in Michigan. A list of online retailers
considered subject to the law wasn't available from the state government
Thursday, but officials said it would apply to large online retailers such as
Amazon and Overstock. "Thank you for stepping up and doing the right thing,"
Barb Stein, owner of the Great Northern Trading Co. in Rockford, told Snyder at
a ceremonial bill signing. Some critics say it's wrong to "tax the Internet,"
but Snyder said Internet sales are already subject to Michigan sales tax. State
residents who purchase goods online are supposed to remit the tax voluntarily
through their income tax returns, though few do. An e-mail seeking comment from
Amazon was not immediately returned. The legislation is expected to generate
about $60 million a year. Snyder said that amount would increase significantly
if the federal government passed legislation forcing the collection of sales
tax on all online sales. The bills were sponsored by Democrat Jim Ananich of
Flint, now the Senate minority leader, and Republican Eileen Kowall, who was in
the state House.
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