Yeah, we are at $4+ a gallon for gas and it usually goes up a dollar with tourist season. Cigarettes are at $6.15 a pack now and we pay better than 10% state taxes minimum. Way more for us self employed and that is after the feds take their 35% self employment tax.

Now I am supposed to hire an accountant to decipher the states possible quagmire of taxation? I am not kidding when I way this could destroy our ability to do business on the Internet, especially for the little guy.

@Kirk – While this may solve the problem for you in the short term, I believe it ignores the proverbial “elephant in the room” of an ever more intrusive, coercive government. If we merely adjust our tactics to go around the obstacle, sooner or later, it will become far to large to avoid.

“…as things go they will fade, the game is over for them, it will go out in one last gasp. If we all dont have money, they don’t either. Realize what is going on, its the endings of the empire, once the money blows up, it wont matter.”

@Steve – Moving your business offshore is a valid solution, and one which grows ever more attractive as November looms closer.

I believe that ultimately, the empire WILL fade, and it will come about as a result of our worthless fiat currency that has been debased to such a degree that I’ve moved my liquid holdings into Parker Brothers yellowbacks.

However, I tend to think that this is not an event for which our political and economic masters are unprepared.

But hey, I could be way off, …and whichever one of the three stooges gets elected may take up the herculean struggle to reduce spending, reduce waste, reduce taxes, reduce the size of government, restore the free market, and put us on a 100% reserve gold standard, all in an effort to restore Republic.

No merchant account underwriters will consider you without a DBA account. The state license also puts your business name in your name and no one else can touch it in the state of Arizona.

As far as the federal level you need to call the IRS and get a tax free number and a federal tax ID for your business. That also puts your business name in your hands and no one else can do business at the federal level under that name. This is not to be confused with Trademarks or Copyrights and I am not the person to advise you on that.

Now there may be another thing to consider here, even though you technically have to have a business license for your business in all states… the state, county and city entities may not want you to jam up their offices with a business license request just because you sell a couple hundred dollars worth of E-books or make a few hundred dollars a year cutting grass. I can remember in Nevada being told to not even consider yourself a real business unless you made $1,000 or $3,000 a year. Things like that may apply here as well.

So, in effect we are already paying taxes on what we sell on the net… or we should be. Just like in the real world, not all who should pay taxes do pay taxes. I’d fight any specific internet tax simply on the hasis that taxes are already being paid on what we may sell. To add an Internet Tax is simply double taxing.

I am currently able to file my own taxes and handle my own accounting. I would have to hire an accountant and start charging double for my eBooks to cover the expense.

Be sure to send me a link or post it here when you have more information.

This could give some NGO control of all Internet activity, so as to a sales tax… the sales tax may well take a back seat, with total control of what can and can’t be done on the Internet may well be our first concern.

Ed Eismon
PS: This Senate bill will be introduces this June 3rd week. Look for it!