Amazon is too good at what they do. The feeling that they give too good of a value, while I spent thousands of dollars on their site was a weird kind of high. That is the end game, you spend a lot with Prime since, it shows up in two days and no shipping etc. I cancelled my Prime membership, and just that saves me a hundred or two a month, because now I have to think twice before ordering anything since shipping cost is involved and also have to bundle enough items such that I qualify for free shipping.
side note: jet.com is not collecting sales tax yet. That is 8.25% differential where I live.
You shouldn't consider Jet.com not collecting sales tax as a "good thing" since you are technically required to pay it by law (in most places, normally, afaik, IANAL)
So you technically do still need to pay that 8.25% differential.
Indeed you do. Many years ago I had a business. One year the state decided to audit my business. No biggie, I had paid all my taxes as required. Except I hadn't. My business was located near a big box warehouse and you could order on the website and go pick it up. This was when almost all online orders were claimed to be "tax free". I did that for a few hard drives and some other stuff. I ended up owing about $150 in back taxes and penalties because I hadn't manually figured out the sales tax I was supposed to pay and reported it. I was a little annoyed at my accountant whose reaction was, "Yeah, nobody pays that, though technically you're supposed to." Needless to say, I have a new accountant.
> Many good accountants will weigh the chance of you getting audited + fined against the ROI of an "oversight."
"Good" is a questionable descriptor here. I would think that a good accountant should follow ethical rules, which would exclude the possibility of knowingly breaking the law to under-report taxes.
I went to the site. They popped up a window that asked for my email address and there was no way to dismiss this without giving it something. I closed the tab.
side note: jet.com is not collecting sales tax yet. That is 8.25% differential where I live.