Tax law or what?!?

[Bonnewagon]

I just made an order with Summit and yes they charged me tax even though they are in Ohio and I am in New York. They quoted the new Federal law, blah, blah, blah. I did not know they actually passed that law, did they? At least I got a few other small things and bumped the order up to get free shipping. So I also made an order on Amazon and I was not charged tax at all!?! And free shipping. So what gives? I have been charged tax by Amazon for years and this time- no tax. So is there a tax law that covers all internet sales no matter where they are or what?

 

[pagrunt]

They still haven't worked everything out on this tax thing. I got the "you may owe your state tax" letter for buying off their site but nothing in January buying off Fleabay. Jegs is nailed me on both for taxes. Guess it was a coming downside of the "free market" of the internet. Since the internet more or less less killed most local in state sales states wants to make up for it by forcing via the feds to make a company three states over to recoup lost tax money. The high courts said last year to go after the taxes.

 

[Bonnewagon]

They still haven't worked everything out on this tax thing.

That's my whole point. Either it is a law or it isn't. And if not, why would companies be charging tax out-of-state? I know in NY that our convicted fellon ex-governor Spitzer strong-armed through the law that said if you have even one physical entity in NY then you must charge tax from NY'ers. Maybe part of the tax break deal to get Amazon to build in NYC included sales tax from NY'ers?

 

[pagrunt]

Before the ruling it was to be a physical location (store, office, warehouse, etc...) was required to collect taxes in state. Now every state wants to reach across state lines since the buyer of said state started the transaction, regardless of where the buy is or shipping the product to. Something they should of delt with 20+ years ago but kept faith in local buying. So it would be like me being back on active duty in say Texas, order from Kalifornia, ship to New Jersey cause that's where the Army would be sending me next, the Pennsylvania puts the 6% on it cause thats my home state. Confusing to all with out a clear answer/fix.

 

[Bonnewagon]

Just for laughs I put in a phony order at RockAuto. On a $300 carburetor they wanted $33 in tax. Here is what they said:
"Why are you charging sales tax on my order?
We collect tax on orders shipped to states where we have a physical presence (e.g. Wisconsin), and to states which, citing a Supreme Court decision (South Dakota v. Wayfair), force out-of-state retailers to collect tax.

If your shipping address is in a state that requires us to collect tax, but you qualify for a tax exemption under the laws of that state, see What if I'm tax exempt?" EDIT: Then I made up a phony company name and claimed an exemption. Denied. You need to be a government entity or have a NY state tax number. That sure makes RockAuto less desirable. But it still does not explain why Amazon did not charge me tax.

 

[DRIVEN]

This is all over gun forums right now. Apparently a major retailer on the east coast sent postcards to customers living in Washington state saying something to the effect of, "We didn't charge you a state sales tax last year because our software wasn't up to date. So we just sent your purchase info to the state so they can collect it from you." Superpissed would be a gross understatement as to the general sentiment right now. Apparently the law took effect 10/18 so only purchase made at the end of the year would have qualified.

 

[pagrunt]

Just for laughs I put in a phony order at RockAuto. On a $300 carburetor they wanted $33 in tax. Here is what they said:
"Why are you charging sales tax on my order?
We collect tax on orders shipped to states where we have a physical presence (e.g. Wisconsin), and to states which, citing a Supreme Court decision (South Dakota v. Wayfair), force out-of-state retailers to collect tax

RockAuto does have warehouses in NY (I've had several orders out of NY over the years) so they can nail you for taxes regardless of where they ship from. Again the they would of fixed this issue ate start of internet sales we wouldn't have this to deal with (& we might still have alot more local places to shop at too.) As for Amazon, maybe it's part of that deal for the 2nd HQ BS that alot of cities was too busy kissing Amazon's collective *ss by throwing public money/tax breaks/better than you super secret squirrel deals at them.

 

[TURNA]

If there is a retail store there is tax. internet only store no tax

 

[TURNA]

RockAuto does have warehouses in NY (I've had several orders out of NY over the years) so they can nail you for taxes regardless of where they ship from. Again the they would of fixed this issue ate start of internet sales we wouldn't have this to deal with (& we might still have alot more local places to shop at too.) As for Amazon, maybe it's part of that deal for the 2nd HQ BS that alot of cities was too busy kissing Amazon's collective *ss by throwing public money/tax breaks/better than you super secret squirrel deals at them.

Rockauto has no warehouses.

All they are is a website that farms out the sales with there affiliates

Look at the return address on the boxes you get.

There should not be any sales tax since you are paying Rockauto.

Which is why I pretty much stopped shopping there.


Yet another forum sponsor so I really dont want to start bashing them too.


https://gbodyforum.com/threads/rockauto-what-happened.72138/

 

[DRIVEN]

Yes. The new law taxes the buyer their state income tax regardless of where the seller is located. It was promoted as a way to level the playing field and promote "buy local". In reality it's a cash grab for state governments.