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Originally Posted by mrreindeer
I just received in the mail a letter from my Accountant informing me of the California "Use Tax" for out-of-state (and therefore 'tax-free') online (or regular) purchases.
Am I living in a closet? I've never heard of this. Have you?
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When I did live in California (about 4 years ago) I remember the little insert in the tax booklet that would ask you to state this. I tossed it out. Enforcement of this would be tough (for a state) to do and it's more of those with a "guilty conscience" to come clean.
The current on-line retail of "tax-free" exchange was one of the things Congress was attempting to "fix" this year, allowing for states to charge for sales tax even though you didn't reside in the same state (or you'd pay taxes for the state you do reside in). A good question is I wanted to ask is: like for a state like California that has different sales taxes depending on what part of the state you're in, which sales tax do you pay?