Originally Posted by
klswift
This is one reason companies like Amazon send a yearend statement to their frequent buyers.
Interesting - I've been shopping on Amazon for years and have never gotten one of these! And I'm definitely a frequent buyer, at minimum I spend at least $30/month on books and have stuff like cat food and protein bars on monthly auto-delivery. Maybe they do different things for different states. I know Amazon definitely collects tax up front now but it didn't use to.
Sales tax is a pain to deal with, esp. for small businesses. When I had my own little online company, I had to file my sales taxes every 6 months, and I had this big ol' form to fill in because I had to list each state separately. It was a big pain to make sure I collected proper tax for each state, and then reported and paid it all correctly. Ugh.