It's the opposite, no sales tax in Oregon. Washington has a sales tax but no income tax. Since Portland is right on the border with Washington, this leads to some complicated behavior, especially amongst very well to do people who try and make sure they have a residence in Washington and work in Portland. Sales tax in Washington runs 8% so there is an impetus for Washington residents to come down here to shop. I don't remember if Oregonians can claim exemption from the sales tax in Washington when shopping there or not.
Judah On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:46 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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:339875 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
