you'd need to be stocking up in a big way to make that worthwhile. There is a similar situation in Portland Oregon, though. If you are a resident of Washington -- just over the river -- you can claim exemption from the rather high Oregon sales tax at the register. I think that's the way it works -- it's been a while.
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I know a lot of people who drive to stores in IN because they do not charge > taxes on food...even if they are driving an extra 20 miles or so to do this. > > -----Original Message----- > From: PT [mailto:cft...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 9:23 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Fair Tax (was: California tells online retailers ...) > > > On 7/5/2011 9:57 PM, Maureen wrote: >> >> I wonder how aghast people would be. Most people don't conside how >> much the sales tax would be before making a purchase. Do people drive >> to a different city to make purchases because the sales tax is lower? >> Even on major purchases like cars where even a 1% difference is a >> substantial sum of money. I don't know anyone who does this. > > Apparently, it is enough of an issue that states employ foreign and internal > auditors that check for these things and if you don't declare it on your > taxes, they can bust you. I am sure it happens a lot between NC and SC with > Charlotte being right on the border. One car dealership used to openly > advertise this with some slogan like "Cross the line and save a (something > that rhymes with line)." They might still do it. I don't listen to the > radio anymore. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:339860 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
