pendennis wrote:
There's a distinction in sales and use taxes, without a real difference.
Sales taxes are collected on intrastate sales usually by retailers who remit the collection of said sales tax to the taxing jurisdiction on a regular basis. There are exceptions, such as exempt sales, and direct remittance by consumers.
Use taxes are collected on interstate sales by taxing jurisdictions when the taxable goods, etc., are to be used withing that jurisdiction.
Technically, B&H and others are collecting use taxes from customers, not sales taxes.
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I only mentioned use tax because it was in the name of the law when it was passed. Really insignificant...