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From: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Raymond Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MAIL ORDER IN IL is DEAD.
Message-ID: <665@philmtl.philips.ca>
Date: 23 Aug 89 22:17:05 GMT
References: <2495@cbnewsc.ATT.COM> <670016@hpvcfs1.HP.COM> <729@dekalb.UUCP>
Reply-To: ray@philmtl.philips.ca (Raymond Dunn)
Organization: Philips Electronics Ltd. -  St. Laurent  P.Q., Canada
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>In article <670016@hpvcfs1.HP.COM> johne@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (John Eaton) writes:
>Checks and credit cards leave a paper trail that your state IRS can
>easily follow. All they need to do is go to any of the big mail order
>houses and obtain a list of customers from your state. [rest deleted]

I think that it is much more likely that NY and IL have a joint arrangement
whereby they notify each other of these sales.  Remember that the mail order
company in NY must report his sales to the NY taxation authorities.

I know that similar arrangements exist between the Canadian provinces.
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Ray Dunn.                    | UUCP: ..!uunet!philmtl!ray
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