Internet tax far more than a fairness issue


  • By Matt Walsh
  • | 4:52 p.m. May 3, 2013
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Steve Knopik, CEO of $1 billion retailer Beall's Inc., looked across the lunch table straight at his target with steely eyed seriousness and said, “How is that fair?”

How is it fair that his company is required to charge and remit Florida's sales tax, and out-of-state Internet-only retailers that sell to Floridians are not?

How is it fair that Beall's is required to charge and collect the tax and Amazon.com isn't?

 

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