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> >** Reply to note from dewar@GNAT.CS.NYU.EDU 06/27/95 11:26pm -0400
> >
> >> "IBM should take things like this [sales tax] into account"
> >>
> >> more incomprensible IBM bashing, what the heck does it mean to take the
> >> sales takx into account, it is nothing to do with IBM what states decide
> >> to tack on to sales ....
> >
> >All I said was that because buying with an educational discount from
> >IBM means paying sales tax, the difference in educational price and
> >out-of-state mail-order retail price is only 2%-4%. Most mail order
> >places discount more than that so for the most part there is no such
> >thing as an educational "discount." IBM should take things like this
> >into account when setting their prices.
> >
> Buying by mail order does not absolve the buyer from his obligation to pay
> state and local sales tax on any such goods purchased. A few years ago an
<very good info & points deleted>
But for all intents and purposes, for the private individual at
least, this is really not an issue. One can avoid paying tax by buying
from certain out-of-state mail-order locations simply because the order-
taker doesn't not have a presence it the buyer's state and therefore
doesn't have to collect the tax. The state, lacking a sufficient
enforcement mechanism (not to mention the information necessary to engage
in where to apply that enforcement), isn't really in a position to go
and collect from the individual.
Personally, I think its a great way to beat the system. Better
yet, have friends in non-sales-tax-levying states like Oregon or
Delaware and have IBM ship there.
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