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Elizabeth A. Burns
207-774-1200 100 Middle Street
Portland, ME 207-774-1200
100 Middle Street
Portland, ME 04104
Specialties Tax, Estate Planning Education University of Maine School of Law,University of Rochester,University of Rochester
Data Provided by:  James A. Houle
207-774-1200 100 Middle Street, West Tower, PO Box 9729
Portland, ME 207-774-1200
100 Middle Street, West Tower, PO Box 9729
Portland, ME 04104
Specialties Tax, Estate Planning, Employment Education Boston University School of Law,University of Maine School of Law,Boston College,University of Massa
Data Provided by: Eliza Cope Nolan
207-774-1200 100 Middle Street, West Tower, PO Box 9729
Portland, ME Eliza Cope Nolan 207-774-1200
100 Middle Street, West Tower, PO Box 9729
Portland, ME 04104
Specialties Real Estate, Tax, Estate Planning Education Northeastern University School of Law,Brown University
Data Provided by: Steven R. Gerlach
207-774-1200 100 Middle Street
Portland, ME 207-774-1200
100 Middle Street
Portland, ME 04104
Specialties Tax, Estate Planning Education University of Maine School of Law,University of Rochester
Data Provided by: David Gregory Coolidge
207-253-4810 One Portland Square
Portland, ME 207-253-4810
One Portland Square
Portland, ME 04112
Specialties Employee Benefits, Health Care, Tax
Data Provided by: Nathaniel R. Hull
207-253-4726 25 Granite St., #1
Portland, ME Nathaniel R. Hull 207-253-4726
25 Granite St., #1
Portland, ME 04102
Specialties Tax, Commercial State Licensing Massachusetts
Data Provided by: Karen B. Lovell
207-228-7237 100 Middle Street, West Tower, PO Box 9729
Portland, ME 207-228-7237
100 Middle Street, West Tower, PO Box 9729
Portland, ME 04104
Specialties Tax, Estate Planning Education University of Maine School of Law,University of Michigan
Data Provided by: Leonard M. Nelson
207-774-1200 100 Middle Street, West Tower, PO Box 9729
Portland, ME Leonard M. Nelson 207-774-1200
100 Middle Street, West Tower, PO Box 9729
Portland, ME 04104
Specialties Business, Tax, Estate Planning Education Harvard University Law School,Harvard College
Data Provided by: Nathaniel R. Hull
207-253-4726 25 Granite St., #1
Portland, ME Nathaniel R. Hull 207-253-4726
25 Granite St., #1
Portland, ME 04102
Specialties Tax, Commercial State Licensing Massachusetts
Data Provided by: Frank Henry Frye
207-775-7271 10 FREE STREET PO BOX 4510
PORTLAND, ME Frank Henry Frye 207-775-7271
10 FREE STREET PO BOX 4510
PORTLAND, ME 04112
Specialties Corporate, Business, Estate Planning, Tax Education William & Mary Law School,University of Richmond State Licensing Maine, New York
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The Use Tax - Collecting Your Own Sales Tax If you buy things online, there is a very good chance you are breaking laws in your state. Why? Under the Use Tax, you are supposed to be collecting your own sales tax and sending it in. The web is fraught with peril for states when it comes to passing laws, tax or otherwise. Why is this? Jurisdiction is the legal term. The primary problem is the sites operating on the web appear everywhere, not just in a particular state. As a result, who has the right to pass laws regarding them?
When SPAM was such a huge problem, the states started passing laws regarding it. A problem quickly arose. When a spammer was caught, which law applied? Was it California, Virginia, New York, Florida and so on? The answer was none of them applied because the nature of the transaction was national. The CAN-SPAM Act was eventually passed and the state laws were terminated. A similar situation arose with Internet purchases. States wanted to require websites to collect and pay taxes. The sites complained to the courts that this was a huge burden because they would end up having to track, pay and file sales tax returns for each of the 50 states. The Supreme Court agreed and struck down the relevant state laws.
The states have been unable to come up with a solution to go after internet sites, but that doesn't mean they haven't figured out how to go after you! Most have passed something called a "use tax." This is a law that says when you purchase... |
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