I seem to remember a WalMart clerk telling me that if I did x y or z I did not need to pay the sales tax. I did at one point live in Washington and work in Portland so yeah I probably had it right just now but backward ...
I personally don't recommend the commute btw. Predictably, the bridges are a chokepoint. On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:54 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >> <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] >>> 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:339885 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
