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From: malloy@nprdc.arpa (Sean Malloy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MAIL ORDER IN IL is DEAD.
Message-ID: <3496@skinner.nprdc.arpa>
Date: 31 Aug 89 14:09:18 GMT
References: <781@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM>
Reply-To: malloy@nprdc.arpa (Sean Malloy)
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In article <781@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM> gary@dvnspc1.Dev.Unisys.COM (Gary Barrett) writes:
>What really baffles me are the companies which ask for the tax ONLY if
>I am from some particular state, maybe three or four out of the
>possible 50.  And the list seems to differ with each mail-order
>company.  Beats me how they determine who owes what.

Generally, if a company operates a branch in a state, they get stuck
paying sales tax to that state for residents of that state. So, for
example, if you live in California, and order from a mail-order house that
has a branch warehouse in California, you pay California sales tax.


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