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Taxing Remote Sales In The Digital Age: A Global Perspective, Walter Hellerstein
Taxing Remote Sales In The Digital Age: A Global Perspective, Walter Hellerstein
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This Article addresses three fundamental questions raised by the taxation of remote sales in the digital age from a global perspective, but focuses on the implications, if any, of the answers to these questions in the global context for the U.S. subnational retail sales tax. First, should remote sales be taxed under a consumption tax? Second, if the answer to the first question is “yes,” where should such sales be taxed? Third, how can remote sales be taxed effectively under a consumption tax in the digital age?4
Proposal For A National Sales Tax To Incentivize The Collection Of Remote Sales Tax, Timothy Li
Proposal For A National Sales Tax To Incentivize The Collection Of Remote Sales Tax, Timothy Li
Timothy Li
This Essay proposes that Congress adopt a national sales tax at one national rate for interstate sales, but with a credit for each transaction in which an out-of-state vendor remits state sales tax. For states without sales taxes, remote vendors can still choose the state rate of zero percent. For states with sales taxes, the national rate should be set to exceed every state’s sales tax rate. Vendors would no longer be able to avoid sales tax by moving overseas. The proposal further provides numerous incentives for Congress to act now rather than delay, including a new source of national …