mr. delbianco. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i speak for the true simplification of taxation which includes the american catalog mailers, direct marketing and electronic retailing association's. it must be incredibly hard to get a handle on this issue when you hear such contradictory facts on her arguments. i've really enjoyed debating this on the tv talk shows, but i have to admit it's not very enlightening to anybody who watches it. you deserve straight answers today comes the first in this and fairness? equities but everyone plays by the same goals and that's the situation today. every online and catalog retailer like every store collects sales tax for every place they have a physical presence. this but requires remote businesses to pay sales tax based on where the customer lives. if you really wanted equity, let's force all stores city sales tax the same way. think about the uppermost on i-95 or souvenir shops in downtown washington, while customers come from out-of-state. equity would mean requiring customers to show an i.d

mr. delbianco. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i speak for the true simplification of taxation which includes the american catalog mailers, direct marketing and electronic retailing association's. it must be incredibly hard to get a handle on this issue when you hear such contradictory facts on her arguments. i've really enjoyed debating this on the tv talk shows, but i have to admit it's not very enlightening to anybody who watches it. you deserve straight answers today comes the first in this and fairness? equities but everyone plays by the same goals and that's the situation today. every online and catalog retailer like every store collects sales tax for every place they have a physical presence. this but requires remote businesses to pay sales tax based on where the customer lives. if you really wanted equity, let's force all stores city sales tax the same way. think about the uppermost on i-95 or souvenir shops in downtown washington, while customers come from out-of-state. equity would mean requiring customers to show an i.d

mr. delbianco and mr. henchmen, are very helpful. they're giving us things to think about as we move forward on this. you are right. maybe we do not have to do all of them. here is one question i have. under suggestion, we have to establish a single tax return. are you suggesting that if it were 8% in california that it should be 8% in every city and county? what is your suggestion? >> no. just that there be one return you have to fill out. for instance, in california, may be just shy of 100 different jurisdictions. rather than somebody selling in california repeatedly have to develop different forms. >> i see. our voters have approved the sales tax increases. we cannot overturn what the voters do. >> each one of those. >> have you looked at the software that mr. harper described? >> yes. it is expensive. i do not know how much of a budget your constituents has for software. >> none. >> it is expensive. now, that may change as technology goes forward. the simpler we make sales tax systems by setting federal standards, the cheaper. >>