Comments on: Business Groups: Online Sales Tax Loophole Costs Florida Jobs

By: chris1

chris1 — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:23:49 +0000

Devastating Dave you are self reporting and sending in the tax ,right?

“107,000 mostly retail jobs would be created in Florida ”
Oh please. Who comes up with this nonsense? The chamber? And people believe them. I guarantee the people that run the chamber shop on line and dont pay sales tax. BTW ,There already is a law and form for that.

People will still buy online as amazon lowers cost via robots.

GET RID OF ALL SALES TAX FOR EVERYONE.
Economic activity will increase 7.5%

By: Devastating Dave

Devastating Dave — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:04:13 +0000

Being charged sales tax online will not improve the economy here in Pensacola. Price + selection = WIN. I shop for everything but groceries online. Why? Because it is the only way to get what I want. Local stores never have what I want, so I will not buy from them. I wish I could be a card board cut-out person who buys what Wal-Mart tells me to like, but I just can’t. Stranger in a Strange Land my friends.

By: Anonymous=Employed

Anonymous=Employed — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 13:37:16 +0000

@Fairness

I will back you up on the auto parts thing. I sell parts fer a livin’ and I know what shops pay verses what they charge. Depending on the shops practice the cost to the customer could be even triple or QUADRUPLE what was paid by the shop.

Not all shops do that though, so don’t go yellin’ at your meckanik till you know fer sure.

By: Walnut Hill Roy

Walnut Hill Roy — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:24:55 +0000

Many places, Walmart included, don’t carry all things or all sizes in their stores; you have to order them online. Since Walmart has local stores in Florida you have to pay sales tax plus shipping; many online stores don’t have Florida branches so you get a break on sales tax but you still have to pay for shipping which offsets it.

Do the increased jobs from retailers in Florida take into consideration just how many people that are involved in the home delivery of items would no longer be employed? No picture is as rosy as some would like to paint it.

By: Fairness

Fairness — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 11:49:11 +0000

Everyone would like to shop local, but a lot of company’s have their products marked up more then a 100% or greater. Making a profit is how it works, over charging is why people go online. When you take a car to the shop for repair and the shop puts on a part he more then doubles what he pays for the part and then charges you $ 85 to $145.00 labor. If you think i’m wrong price a part at the auto parts store and then take your car in for repair and see what he charges you for that part. The auto parts store sold it at a profit and the repair man more then doubles the price on the ticket..