[sremani]

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.

[Navarr]

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.

[vitd]

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.

[debacle]

That's a strange mentality. Many good accountants will weigh the chance of you getting audited + fined against the ROI of an "oversight."

Your accountant was probably trying to save you money.

[dpark]

> 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.

[brianwawok]

Except which accountant will get more business.

a) Hey I have a cousin Vinny. Great account. Knows every single rule and is always ethical. I sleep great at night

b) Hey I have a cousin Jen. Great accountant. She found all kinds of crazy savings, saved me $1000 last year.

People know in their heart they should go for the honest guy. But hey, saving money.. who can pass that up?

[Navarr]

Businesses. People who understand the risk, etc.

Knowingly and intentionally not paying a tax by falsifying records probably does not sit well with the Internal Revenue Service.

IRS can and has disbarred CPAs based on ethics [1].

[1]: https://www.irs.gov/uac/Newsroom/Certified-Public-Accountant...

[e40]

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.

[dhimes]

I've run into this several times the last few days. I give fake emails. Usually something on aol, and a name that hopefully nobody has.