If I understand what you are saying: 1) If the state I live in charges sales tax 2) and the drop-shipper has a warehouse in my state (or is licensed to do business in my state) 3) I get charged sales tax even though the the item is dropped-shipped from an out-of-state warehouse of the drop-shipper.
That is consistent with my understanding of sales tax law. For example, I am charged CA sales tax on Items I purchase from another company in Ohio, because they are licensed to do business in CA, but have no facilities in CA -- they do traveling schools & demonstrations. So, to avoid charging me taxes, pcConnection has to find a drop-shipper that is NOT licensed to do business in my state. Or, I need to find a vendor with a different drop-shipper. By the reaction I get when I talk to pcConnection support people, "consideration" mainly applies to California residents. Dick On Oct 19, 2004, at 10:44 AM, Cary Gordon wrote: > This hold true for every state that charges sales tax. If you are in > CA and > hsve one local warehouse that you ship from, it is dead simple: You > charge > tax in CA and no tax anywhere else. > > The mail order computer stuff companies have a more complicated > situation. > They have limited warehousing on their own. Almost everything is > dropped > shipped from distributors like Ingram Micro, Tech Data, etc., and those > folks have warehouses everywhere. The big vendors are connected to the > distributors extranets, but even that does not guarantee that they have > current stock info, so if they sell you a framitz that is in IM's PA > warehouse, and it turns out to only be available in CA, they (and you) > have > a problem. > > I went through a huge argument with a company in Denver who sold me a > product that was supposedly coming from the manufacturer in Tennessee. > They > found out after the fact that it had shipped for CA and hit my credit > card > for the tax. I wound up in a heated conversation with the president of > the > company, and, finally, they took it off. > > Cary Gordon > The Cherry Hill Company > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:22 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: SOT: Drop-Ship Limitations to California > > This is SOT but it may affect anyone writing programs to do ecommerce > with > customers in California. > > I was recently told by a pcConnection representative that they could > only > drop-ship items to California from pcConnection warehouses in Ohio and > Tennessee -- because of California tax laws. > > Anyone ever heard of this? > > In my case it has caused a 2 1/2 month delay in receiving an item I > ordered > on Aug 2 that was in stock (but apparently not in the correct > warehouse). > > TIA > > Dick > > > "Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it." > - Russell Baker - > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:181904 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
