Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!indri!paz.geology.wisc.edu!uwvax!rocky.cs.wisc.edu!g-tookey From: g-tookey@rocky.cs.wisc.edu. (Keith Tookey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: MAIL ORDER IN IL is DEAD. Summary: Any lawyers out there? Message-ID: <8181@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 18 Aug 89 01:29:37 GMT References: <2495@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <9056@cbnews.ATT.COM> Sender: news@spool.cs.wisc.edu Reply-To: schaut@madnix.UUCP Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 22 In article <9056@cbnews.ATT.COM> res@cbnews.ATT.COM (Robert E. Stampfli) writes: >In article <2495@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> wolfordj@cbnewsc.ATT.COM (j.w.wolford) writes: >>Our Gov. just signed into law that all mail order places must withhold >>the 6 1/4% IL state tax. (Starts Jan 1, 90) > >Fine. Could someone explain to me what powers of enforcement the great >state of Illinois has over a business which has no assets or other dealings >within that state? Also, how does the interstate commerce clause of the US Constitution pertain to the issue? Is taxation a form of regulation? Rick Please send e-mail to: schaut@madnix.UUCP ArpaNet: madnix!schaut@cs.wisc.edu UseNet: ...uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!schaut {decvax!att}! I am posting this through a friend's account. His consent to my use of his account in no way implies his consent to responsibility for the opinions expressed herein.