You see, the mathematician in me and the one that wants a fair and just tax code are so with you guys. So completely and totally with you guys. The concept of paying for loopholes in the tax code, the fact that those with enough money put it in places that means the pretty much never pay tax. This is all so unfair and unjust that it makes me sick to my stomache.....
But the retailer, the one that would responsible for collecting this tax, and most importantly the one that would be selling goods under this tax knows it would kill those of us in the luxury goods market. When the sales tax goes up, sales go down, at least for a time. Yes, they'd come up eventually, but often not to the level they started at. Oh, and let's not for get the amount of money and time (which is also money) that I spend now tracking, collecting, and paying the sales tax I do collect. For every dollar of sales tax I collect now, I spend at least 10 cents paying for that in some way. Just that cost alone would put me out of business, not to mention the cost of a pound of english breakfast would go from 16 to 20 though no fault of my own. And they can order it from England for 18......
-tealynx (who is trying to be a liberal and a business owner at the same time)
Wow, I totally Agree
You see, the mathematician in me and the one that wants a fair and just tax code are so with you guys. So completely and totally with you guys. The concept of paying for loopholes in the tax code, the fact that those with enough money put it in places that means the pretty much never pay tax. This is all so unfair and unjust that it makes me sick to my stomache.....
But the retailer, the one that would responsible for collecting this tax, and most importantly the one that would be selling goods under this tax knows it would kill those of us in the luxury goods market. When the sales tax goes up, sales go down, at least for a time. Yes, they'd come up eventually, but often not to the level they started at. Oh, and let's not for get the amount of money and time (which is also money) that I spend now tracking, collecting, and paying the sales tax I do collect. For every dollar of sales tax I collect now, I spend at least 10 cents paying for that in some way. Just that cost alone would put me out of business, not to mention the cost of a pound of english breakfast would go from 16 to 20 though no fault of my own. And they can order it from England for 18......
-tealynx
(who is trying to be a liberal and a business owner at the same time)