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From: lawitzke@eecae.UUCP (John Lawitzke)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Re: minix orders
Message-ID: <2698@eecae.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 09:42:05 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 14 09:42:05 1987
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Organization: Engineering, Michigan State U., E. Lansing MI
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> I got back a set of disks,
> and a bill for sales tax!  NOWHERE on the card did it imply that sales
> tax was not included in the purchase price.

As I understand tax laws, if you mail order something from a different
state, they can not legally charge you sales tax. If they do, they're
probably just pocketing the money. Only if you live in the state the
order is sent to can they charge you that sales tax. In fact, I had a
friend who was travelling in a different state and found some camera
equipment he wanted. The sales tax would have amounted to around $40.
So, he proved via his drivers license that he was a citizen of a
different state and had the company mail him the equipment and that way
he got around the  taxes. If he would have bought it and carried it
out of the store himself, he would have been charged tax.


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