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fter a house finance subcommittee voted to kill the proposed online sales tax bill, sponsor Senator Emmett Hanger (R-Augusta) has vowed to revive the cause during next year’s session.
The proposed bill was championed by many traditional brick and mortar retailers and retail organizations such as the Retail Merchants Association and the Virginia Retail Federation, who saw the bill as removing a competitive advantage held by online retailers.
Opponents, such as the Northern Virginia Technology Council, said the bill would fail to deliver on promised revenue, and would sever Virginia’s relationship with Amazon and Overstock.
“One of the issues I need to overcome in the next year is that this is not a new tax,” said Hanger. “The Department of Taxation could show up on people’s doorsteps at any time and do an audit on online purchases.”
Hanger said he would spend the next year educating citizens about the issue and begin talks with the NVTC, as well as push for a universal online sales tax law.
Try, try, again. After a house finance subcommittee voted to kill the proposed online sales tax bill, sponsor Senator Emmett Hanger (R-Augusta) has vowed to revive the cause during next year’s session.
The proposed bill was championed by many traditional brick and mortar retailers and retail organizations such as the Retail Merchants Association and the Virginia Retail Federation, who saw the bill as removing a competitive advantage held by online retailers.
Opponents, such as the Northern Virginia Technology Council, said the bill would fail to deliver on promised revenue, and would sever Virginia’s relationship with Amazon and Overstock.
“One of the issues I need to overcome in the next year is that this is not a new tax,” said Hanger. “The Department of Taxation could show up on people’s doorsteps at any time and do an audit on online purchases.”
Hanger said he would spend the next year educating citizens about the issue and begin talks with the NVTC, as well as push for a universal online sales tax law.