My understanding--I'm not a lawyer--is that there is no law requiring any
seller to collect tax on items sold/shipped to
a purchaser from outside that seller's home state (but there will be
eventually--bet on it). I live in California, so
it is up to me to declare out-of-state purchases and pay the sales tax, which I
generally do (if I can find the paperwork).
Since you quoted me, I'll clarify: "The seller will not charge sales tax if you
live outside of IN, so it's up to you to
handle that as you and your taxing authorities see fit." That's what I meant
when I wrote that (yep).
Who 'lit up' your client? What was your client trying to pull off? Are you a
lawyer or an accountant?
Bob
On 5/5/2011 5:33 AM, Scott Hall wrote:
> "Free shipping and no tax if you don't live in IN. "
>
> I'm not "that guy", but for what it's worth we just had a client get LIT UP
> over this, bad. And I expect any other
> seller of fairly big-ticket items that ships a lot is probably drawing
> attention from the taxing authorities as well.
> Something to be aware of.
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