df61743 wrote:
The implication seems to be that all those who do not get charged tax, are not "legal".
The legality is that if the seller does not have a retail presence in my state, there is no obligation to pay sales tax. B&H can send whatever they want to my state, and still no sales tax will be imposed.
Other states may have different viewpoints, and that could change in my state in the future.
Texas
The legality in my state is that B&H doesn't charge me sales tax, but the state expects me to pay it directly to the state as part of the annual income tax return. Colorado had the same expectation, and now they are forcing merchants like B&H to report these sales.