Reply #29: Just who exactly is the bad guy here? ...... [View All]

The California tax is a Sales and Use Tax. The law says that CA residents are to declare their internet purchases and pay their fair share of the tax in their annual returns. It turns out that most CA residents blow off this law. So instead of the state of CA enforcing it's own law upon it's citizens, it tries to get someone else, not of their jurisdiction, to go through the hassle of figuring out dozens of different tax jurisdictions, collect the tax money for them, and send it in with a myriad of forms and justifications. Why doesn't CA just enforce it's own law on it's citizens?

Who is the bad guy here? The citizen scoflaws who refuse to obey CA tax law? Or the out of state corporation that has no desire to enforce CA law upon it's residents?