Arizona residents who opted to pay taxes for online purchases have given the state a slight windfall.
The Arizona Republic (http://bit.ly/OiwKO2) says an estimated 33,700 taxpayers paid $1.6 million in taxes in 2011 on a largely ignored levy on Internet and out-of-state purchases.
Lawmakers added a line to 2011 forms mandating the state tax.
The Legislature repealed the requirement this year, backing away from making it harder to skip paying sales tax on online purchases.
Accountants believe the revenue, as a result, won't reach the same level again.
A spokesman for Gov. Jan Brewer says heightened attention to the tax may lead to more people reporting online sales tax.
Some residents have said the requirement was burdensome because they don't track whether sales tax was collected for online purchases.
Juggernaut8000 posted at 2:09 pm on Mon, Jun 11, 2012.
How is this good news? The money will just go to some lazy welfare receipient or a hospital to compensate them for all the illegals and uninsured they are forced to treat by some idiotic law.
More tax in=more waste out...
DrJCA1 posted at 3:02 pm on Mon, Jun 11, 2012.
For all of you who decry taxes of various sorts. Yes, they are annoying and often unfair. However, taxes are the only way any municipality, state, or government brings in money for necessary (and unnessary) services. Income, real estate, and sales taxes are the "paycheck" for all levels of government.