This happened fairly recently in North Carolina. It is not as though no one saw this coming. In fact, this was coming and it was reported on frequently. North Carolina fought it, I believe, for a time. And news flash
you are actually supposed to notify the IRS each year of your un-taxed online purchases and pay the taxes at that point. Few, if any, ever did and that is why it has now been pushed out where you pay at point of sale.
Slow your roll there tiger. It is the same. It is simply that you weren't forced to pay taxes. This isn't Amazon's fault either so you can go throw your tantrum at Amazon, but it is not their fault at all.
Exactly this. At the very least everyone should understand the purpose of sales tax. I don't love taxes at all, but knowing the purpose is just information I think people should have.
It is this kind of attitude that garners nothing but hostility against you. While your initial thread was merely started to bitch and moan that you're now required to pay taxes at point of sale while shopping at Amazon.com, you've now turned it into a **** show and you're embarrassing yourself.
Good luck with that. Most H&R tax associates are hired with no experience. They get a crash course in how to do taxes using the provided software, they have a book to refer to and having been personally involved with a former IRS Agent, I can tell you that taxes filed by H&R Block have often been riddled with errors resulting in either a more favorable refund or a fairly hefty adjustment in favor of the IRS. You're better off browsing YouTube if you seriously want to learn. I doubt you do because that isn't your motive here, clearly.
Good! Do that. Cancel your prime membership because the State is forcing you to pay state sales tax. Amazon won't be sorry to see you go, I'm sure.