Depending on the State you're responsible for the Tax, (I think that's
all States that have Sales Taxes, they've redefined them to be Use
Taxes), but they have almost no way of enforcing their will. Especially
as those States without Sales Taxes have no particular incentive to help
those that do. Personally I think it's actually not Constitutionally
valid, a violation of the Interstate Commerce clause for one State to
try to enforce it's tax laws within another State. But hell who pays
attention to that musty old document these days.
On 3/12/2010 12:00 PM, Cotty wrote:
On 12/3/10, Thomas Bohn, discombobulated, unleashed:
Why don't the US get an VAT like the rest of us? I mean I pay 19 % VAT
no matter if I buy on or offline, well sometimes it is just 7 % but
who cares about those details?
Americans do pay a sales tax at the point of purchase, but only within
the state in which they live. Which is a bit daft as if you're in say
Virginia and you buy online from B and H in NY, then you don't pay the tax...
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