bumhead wrote in
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My wife and I order online from various places.
We order gifts for us or family and friends.
I order woodworking stuff, pen blanks, etc.
She orders clothes, sewing supplies, etc.

Recently we ordered something and was charged sales tax.
I looked back at several of our other orders and none of them had
sales tax. All had shipping and handling unless it was a promotional
special with free shipping.......but none of them had sales tax.

I thought this was one of the things the states were complaining about
that they were losing sales tax on online orders.

Anyone know what is the law on this?

George (aka Bumhead)



You'll have to do some research in official sources to be sure, but sales
tax is normally charged if a business has a physical presence (or maybe
legal--as in their billing address) in the same state.

If you think you were incorrectly charged sales tax, call the company you
ordered from and ask about it.

Puckdropper