Stephen, In the USA when you buy something from out of the state you live in, you only save sales tax if the out of state vendor has no offices or outlets in your state. For example, if you buy something direct from Microsoft you will pay sales tax because they have offices in every state in the USA. However if you buy from a VENDOR of their product and that vendor is not in your state, you will pay no sales tax.
73, Tom Amateur Radio Operator N5GE ARRL Lifetime Member QCWA Lifetime Member "The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments." -- George Washington -- On Wed, 30 May 2012 22:22:25 +0100, Stephen Prior <[email protected]> wrote: [snip] >Finally, it has always seemed to me rather bizarre that someone buying >something in the USA from another state does not pay sales tax. So I have >every sympathy with the 'small town' shopkeeper losing sales. Personally, >so long as I don't think I'm being really ripped off, I will buy from the >local store every time. It's unfortunate that the sales tax system in the >US appears to discourage buying anything 'in state'. > >73 Stephen G4SJP [snip] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
