Beware the “Streamlined” Tax

Whenever the elites promise to “reform” or “streamline” something, especially taxes, count the spoons. Heed the warning of California’s voice in the desert, Ray Haynes.

[T]here is an effort nationwide, in which California is participating, to develop the Streamlined Sales Tax Project (SSTP). The SSTP would force businesses that do mail order and internet sales to collect sales taxes from citizens of other states. SSTP would require Congress to enforce the system and would use an organization called the Multistate Tax Commission to collect and audit the sellers. Congress is being asked to force all sellers, even if they operate in a state that does not participate in the SSTP to collect taxes from buyers in states that do participate.