Archive for February 18th, 2005:
Feb 18 2005
The Michigan Treasury Department has sent bills to state residents who purchased cigarettes online to avoid Michigan’s high taxes. One pack-a-day smoker received a bill for $2,500 in back taxes. If a simple subpoena of customer data allows them to easily go after lost cigarette taxes, how long until state treasuries across the country subpoena Amazon.com or other big online retailers to collect unpaid sales taxes?. . . http://www.freep.com/news/mich/smokes18e_20050218.htm