Juan, unless you want to regulate all of internet, you cannot regulate the taxes people will have to pay. Where will they pay VAT? (ITBIS). In the country where they buy or here?
I knew it, you are saying, in both! But that depends on how you have organised the tax system. As it is now, nobody will pay any tax on internet goods! Leaving you without your paycheck, and more.
First of all, use the taxes you do receive in a fair manner, money from the people must go to the people. NOT to your personal account. Then, maybe, people will be more willing to pay taxes. Furthermore:
Buying on the internet cannot be very large in this country, as IMPOSDOM does not function without bribes, so what you buy will never get to you, unless you pay more than the value.

"I totally agree that this type of market needs to be regulated, it should have to pay," the official said, but noted that it’s a problem of fairness."

Translation: We want to squeeze as much money out of the productive and give a fraction of the loot to keep the lazy, ignorant unproductive fooled into believing we do it because we care.

Don't be fooled. This is not about fairness.

More taxes=More funds to steal.

many countries have now placed taxes on online purchases from overseas ,,here it is almost essential to buy online because we lack so many essential items .

I can agree local taxes are outrageous and people are always looking for ways to get around paying them.Local purchases will have a difficult time competing with online purchases. So many shipments are lost coming here or are held up for duty taxes which end up in someone else's pocket anyhow.

I usually ship things in because I can't get them here, the quality is poor, or because price is way off. I live in Samana so selection is not great and for me to drive to Santo Domingo it costs about $75.00 for gas and tolls plus the hours involved.

One of my last purchases was for an automatic deep cycle battery charger. Pricesmart in Santo Domingo had one but not in stock for $80.00. I purchased the exact same model for $39.00 from Walmart and paid about $10.00 to ship it in. Since there isn't any adequate mail or domestic shipping services here it is easier to import items than to buy things from another city. One store wanted $300 to deliver 400lbs of tile from SD.

There have been times it was cheaper for me to fly back to Florida for a visit and load my luggage with stuff. I needed outdoor furniture and shopped Santo Domingo and found products with crazy prices and limited styles. It was easier and cheaper to buy direct from China pay the sea shipping and taxes.