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This is a case of government gone wild. I operate a small business and entrepreneurship is what created America. Washington State is currently running in surplus every year and our Governor was smart to propose a rainy day fun for hard economic times.
My small business is finally growing close to the point of break even every month and now the state government expects me to start collecting taxes?
I am a disabled veteran that lost my job to outsourcing and entrepreneurship was the answer to finding a way to survive in this expensive state. We are already taxed enough here. I am paying close to $200 per month in property taxes.
Both of the companies I represent as a distributor are based outside of Washington State. I can actually just set up accounts for any local customers with both of these companies and then this solves my having to deal with implementing a local sales tax.
If I did not have a way around this tax, I would no longer be bringing in enough income each month to cover my expenses. In my opinion, any tax that discourages small business owners and entrepreneurship is WRONG!
I think this issue will end up being challenged in court. I saw a story about Amazon versus New York State. Amazon has no physical prescence in NY State so why should they collect sales tax for NY State?
WA Tax Code
This is one of the more stupid laws ever devised. It's really a way to keep us smaller people from going online and doing e commerce. I simply cannot afford to even try to keep up with the inane variations of tax collections or purchase the necessary software to track the sales tax. My little e book and used books ales can't even be a possible threat to brick and morter stores. Collect Tax when I sell instate using my location? Fine, no problem. Destination taxing is just a way to make money for SOFTWARE SCALPERS with the blessing of the State of Washington. There simply isn't any other reason to use destination taxation. NONE. I've already seen two book sellers on Amazon THAT WILL NOT SELL USED books to Washington State residents. I guess I won't be selling to WA State residents, either.