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9 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 31 Jan \ parent \ on: Does Trump have a strategy with these tariffs or is he just YOLOing econ

I agree. It would suck for the small number of places that have no sales taxes in place, though.

42 sats \ 4 replies \ @Bell_curve 31 Jan

NH has no sales tax but they have excise taxes on alcohol and tobacco

call it a federal excise tax, problem solved

9 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 31 Jan

I would expect most of the localities have sales taxes, though.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 1 Feb

I agree

California has a sales tax 5 percent. Los Angeles is about 4.75 percent

9 sats \ 1 reply \ @freetx 31 Jan

Good point. I think the problem is for all the non alcohol / tobacco stores.

A hardware store / electronics store / etc. There would be lots of places that wouldn't have the software infrastructure to collect it.....

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 31 Jan

In that case, the state or feds should pay for a new POS and payroll system for these small businesses

Running a small business is hard enough w/o the state mandating new software upgrades

update: https://www.tax-rates.org/new_hampshire/excise-tax NH taxes gas and cell phones.

Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon

Among these states, we should only provide assistance to Montana. Alaska has so much money from oil. The other states can 'suffer' especially Oregon and Portlandia

second update: every state has an excise tax on tobacco. We give a license to sell tobaccco to every hardware/electronic/etc store so they can collect excise taxes on tobacco sales including nicotine vape products

41 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 31 Jan

oh....great point.

Well, income tax only if you live in a state that either refuses or doesn't have sales tax.....