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From: smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.legal,net.taxes
Subject: Re: Do Employees Pay Sales Tax?
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 20:21:51 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 21 20:21:51 1986
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> I select orders for technical books in a local bookstore.  As an
> employee I get books at cost.  My question is: Do I have to pay
> sales tax on out-of-state books?  If I order directly from an
> out-of-state publisher, I do not pay sales tax, but I do pay list
> price.  The scenario I would like to be true is that the bookstore
> does not sell books to me, rather that as part of the company persona
> I am buying directly from the publishers, who happen to be selling to
> me at a lower price and so I am exempt from sales taxes.

If you make personal checks out to the publisher and get a personal
receipt from the publisher, then no problem.  Otherwise, unless you
are exempt, you have to pay up in Pennsylvania.  Your employer could
be liable for filing fraudulent returns if he doesn't sell to you
in a proper manner.  It is not worth the risk unless you can get
an opinion from the dept. of revenue that is in your favor.