Originally Posted by
SandyinZ4
<snip> I have a problem with this in the fact that a brick & morter store has to pay taxes to city and state so they can pay for infrastructure (streets, sewer, water etc.) plus fire and police protection where an internet store does not. <snip>
Actually, internet stores pay just as much in taxes and fees to their local governments as B&M's do, proportionate to their sales, income and number of employees. They pay the same business license fees, the same sales taxes on local sales, the same corporate income taxes (if the state collects those), the same employee-based fees like workmans comp, etc.
I agree that no business should have to collect or pay taxes to localities where they don't operate. If a locality wants to collect taxes, they should collect them from their own residents, who then can by voting, have a say as to how much they want to pay in taxes and fees.</snip></snip>