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From: chuck@eneevax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Re: minix orders
Message-ID: <1051@eneevax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Sep-87 20:47:04 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 16 20:47:04 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 19-Sep-87 05:36:52 EDT
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Reply-To: chuck@eneevax.umd.edu.UUCP (Chuck Harris)
Organization: Elec. Eng. Dept., U of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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In article <2698@eecae.UUCP> lawitzke@eecae.UUCP (John Lawitzke) writes:
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>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

Sorry my friend, but you don't understand the sale tax laws...

I too was outraged when PH charged me sales tax, and to fix them, I
called the Maryland Sales Tax people...They set me straight, so I thought
I would set you all straight...

1) Large companies such as PH almost always get sales licenses from the
   states that they plan to do business in...In the case of PH, it is
   all fifty of them....This <<OBLIGATES>> the company to collect sales
   tax for the state that the product is to be used in.  (They are audited by
   the states that they have sales licenses for to assure complience.)

2) States that collect sales tax usually also have a USE TAX which is
   equal to the difference between the sales tax of the state that the
   item is to be used in and the sales tax already paid to a different
   state.
   (eg.  for an item purchased in Wisconsin and used in Maryland:
        MD 5% - WI 5%  = 0% Use tax due MD, or for a state XX,
        MD 5% - XX 3%  = 2% Use tax due MD )
   Note, If the Use Tax is Negative, Maybe you can get a refund??

3) When you purchase an item mail order from a small firm that does
   not collect tax, you LEGALLY OWE your state a USE TAX equal to your
   states sales tax.

Knowing this, I am sure that all you loyal citizens will rush right out
and pay your state all of the use tax that you owe.

Cheers,

	Chuck Harris
	C.F. Harris - Consulting