Comments on: Bounty-hunting lawyer collects Illinois taxes nationwide

By: gitarcarver

gitarcarver — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:39:00 +0000

I am trying to figure out why shipping and handling from an out of state vendor is collected by Illinois at all.

The “handling” costs are for labor within the state where the item is shipped from. What right does Illinois have to tax labor in another state?

The “shipping” costs are generally for materials and the cost of the shipping paid to the shipping agent. The taxes on the materials and the actual fees of the shipping paid by the vendor are done in another state. What right does Illinois have to essentially say they are going to tax a transaction which did not occur in their state and for which the company has already paid taxes?

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 14:35:33 +0000

Thanks for the clarification. My computer software blocked access to the Wine Spectator story, for some reason.

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 01:58:29 +0000

This is about sales to residents of Illinois.

By: Allan

Allan — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 21:49:12 +0000

Mike,

My guess is that the buyers are in Illinois and the sellers are not.

Cheers.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 17:30:54 +0000

Interesting.
Why buy anything from Illinois?