A quick note to state tax departments

Here's a small suggestion to you folks at the revenue department.  Every time I read about some business charging their customers tax and not remitting it to the state, it's almost always one of the following businesses:

• Used car dealers
• Mechanics
• Restaurants
• Convenience stores

And they're always independently owned.  Seems like doing nothing but auditing these guys would clear out your deficits like that (snapping my fingers).  

Just a thought.

By the way, if you're one of the aforementioned businesses, and you're feeling all offended now, here's the problem.  While I'm miffed about your not paying the taxes the law requires, what really fries my shorts is that you are collecting the taxes from your customers, but not bothering to pay the taxes to the state.  You're defrauding not only the state, but your innocent customers.  That stinks.

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The Sales Tax Guy
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