On Monday, July 15, 2002, at 07:33 , Al Poulin wrote: > Someone said: >> Also, The Apple Store will charge sales tax, as they maintain a sales >> presence in all 50 states. If you're looking to avoid this, some of the >> catalogue or online retailers are your best bet. > > Someone else said: > >> Plus no taxes if your out of state. > > In some cases, if not most, this involves cheating on your state taxes. > > States usually have a "use" tax, or something akin, for which one must > annually declare the value of items sent or brought in from out of > state or > out of the country unless a similar tax was collected by the seller. > > This tax routine existed before sales on internet and was brought about > to > handle the tax value of mail catalog and telephone purchases from out of > state. A catalog representative may be technically correct in > advising a > buyer that there is no "sales" tax on out of state purchases, but this > ignores the obligation to pay the same tax value under another name.
This could be straying too far off topic, I dunno, but as it is likely all of us make at least one purchase out-of-state in a year -- esp. in relation to upgrading our Gs -- this seems at least tangentially relevant. :) As far as use tax, the rule is more than "most" even -- all states that have a "sales" tax for purchases made in-state also have an equivalent-rate "use" tax that, by law, needs to be paid annually (as you pointed out). At least one state (North Carolina) now requires the "use tax" to be filed with your state income taxes, which means that if you fail to pay, you can now be charged with tax evasion in that state. Eagle -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
