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HobbiCo / Great Planes / Tower Hobbies

JatoTheRipper said:
I just got an email that Tower is still doing e-Cash. "thumbsup"

Interesting how they haven't changed despite their failure. Hopefully they can get back to being a viable business as-is.
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I saw the e-cash banner on their site this morning. I was amazed they started it back up.

I'm just waiting on any new updates to their scratch and dent inventory, if that even happens again. I have a ton of vehicles from there that were box damage only, or missing a single part that I got stupid cheap because coupon codes were allowed on anything in S&D.
 
Brake Weight said:
Yep. My state started taxing some time last year. But as a state we’re always permabroke.
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There is a cash grab going all around. Even up here in North 'Oh they are starting to tax internet orders, for a conservative state, they have gotten very liberal on taxes.

California is always permabroke as well, but that's because California is the cream of the crop for welfare benefits.
 
Greatscott said:
There is a cash grab going all around. Even up here in North 'Oh they are starting to tax internet orders, for a conservative state, they have gotten very liberal on taxes.

California is always permabroke as well, but that's because California is the cream of the crop for welfare benefits.
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It's not a cash grab, really. States with existing sales taxes are starting enforce what had been owed to them all along. Technically, when one makes a purchase outside of their home state that has a sales tax, the end user is supposed to pay a "use tax", which is essentially the sales tax. Because no one actually does that, now states are going to collect at the point of sale.

One upside to this is that it can level the playing field for local merchants.
 
My latest email from Tower Hobbies included the countdown to the Horizon Hobby RC Fest. 20 days, 20 hours, and 28 minutes and counting.

The seamless transition continues...
 
svt923 said:
Amazon supports collecting sales tax on all online sales, that should tell you who it really benefits.
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There are very few states who have sales tax that do not also require you to report and pay tax on online or catalog sales.

Just because companies are making it difficult for you to break the law doesn't mean that company is in the wrong.
 
svt923 said:
Amazon supports collecting sales tax on all online sales, that should tell you who it really benefits.
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JatoTheRipper said:
:flipoff: Amazon. Everyday there's another reason why people shouldn't support them.
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Amazon is taxing what you buy that is delivered from a warehouse located in your state.

CT has 2 or 3 Amazon warehouses .... I get taxed on what is coming from those. Anything out of state I dont get taxed on.
 
Robbob said:
Amazon is taxing what you buy that is delivered from a warehouse located in your state.

CT has 2 or 3 Amazon warehouses .... I get taxed on what is coming from those. Anything out of state I don't get taxed on.
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That's going to be a state by state issue.

For Louisiana, anything sold from the Amazon companies and delivered to a Louisiana address, gets the sales tax for that address. Anything from Amazon that is sold by a 3rd party, doesn't necessarily follow the same logic, usually no sales tax.



JatoTheRipper said:
We have to pay full sales tax, but Amazon gets tax cuts galore.
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Two different types of taxation, both are to be blamed for respective legislatures passing the laws allowing it.



I know these retailers, like Amazon, have massive tax and legal teams but these sales tax laws place an ungodly amount of burden on the retailer to ensure proper tax collection and reporting. For example, Louisiana has 64 parishes(counties to all you other wrong folks) all which have different sales tax treatments due to local municipality laws, resulting in at least 345 different taxing jurisdictions and tax rates possible. So couple that with other states with the same greedy taxation and it can be a nightmare to keep up with. Not to mention the almost monthly fluctuation in tax rates, 99% of the time higher. It's ridiculous!
 
Some states don’t have state income tax, local sales tax pays the real bills. We live in a seasonal area, and the impact the part timer snowbirds is tremendous for 5 or 6 months. Then we stay, and layoffs are real. Sales tax should be collected automatically by eBay and amazon as the cost of making profits. PayPal even charges unless it’s a gift, we pay.......


Hang up and Drive
 
mikemcE said:
Sales tax should be collected automatically by eBay and amazon as the cost of making profits.
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You do realize that companies pay corporate income tax on profits right....


mikemcE said:
PayPal even charges unless it’s a gift, we pay.......
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PayPal charges a processing fees for you receiving money like a merchant. Visa, MC, Amex all charge a merchant fee ranging in the 1-3% just like this PP fee on all sales. Far different than sales tax.
 
calcagno45 said:
You do realize that companies pay corporate income tax on profits right....

Yes there is a corporate tax. A smart businessman can avoid that without too much thought, My wife’s employer looks at corporate taxes on corporate profits, gives all employees a bonus based on that, corporation unfortunately only shows a 1000.00 profit. Yep real world!








PayPal charges a processing fees for you receiving money like a merchant. Visa, MC, Amex all charge a merchant fee ranging in the 1-3% just like this PP fee on all sales. Far different than sales tax.
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You missed the point, it all adds up, sales tax, shipping, merchant fees collected by banks.
Corporate profits can be manipulated , sales tax keeps many of us working, as state employees need the impact fees and sales taxes collected .


Hang up and Drive
 
Robbob said:
Amazon is taxing what you buy that is delivered from a warehouse located in your state.

CT has 2 or 3 Amazon warehouses .... I get taxed on what is coming from those. Anything out of state I dont get taxed on.
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Not exactly- in Merry-land you will pay the state sales tax on any Amazon order, regardless of location of the warehouse it gets shipped from simply because amazon has a warehouse in Baltimore.
 
mikemcE said:
You missed the point, it all adds up, sales tax, shipping, merchant fees collected by banks.
Corporate profits can be manipulated , sales tax keeps many of us working, as state employees need the impact fees and sales taxes collected .
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Well, I’ll agree on a flat federal sales tax if we’re trashing the income tax systems. But that’ll never happen.
 
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