Cruz: Internet Sales Tax Means Online Retailers Complying with 9,600 Tax Jurisdictions

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, released the following video opposing the Internet sales tax in advance of his speech in Austin, Texas, this afternoon on an agenda to protect the Internet.

Transcript:

If the Internet sales tax became law, small online retailers would have to comply with over 9,600 different tax jurisdictions in the country. Big box stores don’t have to do that. It’s just not fair.

And the corporate lobbyists who want Internet taxes to crush their competition see a chance to make it law in the lame duck session of Congress.

10 Senators who voted for the Internet sales tax last year have now been defeated or are retiring. This may be their last, best chance to pass it.

We must say no.

No net tax.

Not now.

Not ever.