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From: gerard@tscs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Re: minix orders
Message-ID: <142@tscs.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 18-Sep-87 02:33:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 18 02:33:30 1987
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In article <2698@eecae.UUCP> lawitzke@eecae.UUCP (John Lawitzke) writes:
>> 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.

If you live in state X, and purchase from company C in state Y, Company
C does not have to pay/collect state Y sales tax if that product is shipped
to state X.  However if company C has an office in state X, they are required
to collect state sales tax on behalf of state X and send that tax to state X.
If state X audits company C's books and finds sales that were shipped to state
X from state Y, company C must provide valid tax exemption certificates for
each customer or else pay the corresponding amount of state X sales tax out
of their own pockets.

So if you buy something from IBM mail order, IBM will charge you state sales 
tax for the state that the order was shipped to.  This is beacuse IBM has 
offices in all states, at least I assume they do.  :-) 

If you buy something from XYZ camera in state Y, and XYZ camera has no office 
in your state, they do not have to charge sales tax for your state or theirs.  
Most states however, have a law that requires you to send in your check for 
the amount of tax in your state.  This is very hard to enforce; therefore, it 
doesn't get paid.  

Anyway, MINIX is a great value, even with sales tax included. :-)

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