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Jan 19, 2019 07:47:16   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
New Egg will now be collecting sales tax for customers in NY. That's got to be a monumental headache, considering the varying rates in different states and counties. I suspect someone is making software that does all that computing automatically.

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Jan 19, 2019 07:49:16   #
f8lee Loc: New Mexico
 
Yes, there are a number of companies that offer the service of tax calculations for retailers that otherwise would not be able to keep track of the (literally) thousands of taxes charged throughout the US, as well as add-on software for the larger places that use the major retailer packages like SAP's or Oracle's.

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Jan 19, 2019 08:38:32   #
Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.
 
jerryc41 wrote:
New Egg will now be collecting sales tax for customers in NY. That's got to be a monumental headache, considering the varying rates in different states and counties. I suspect someone is making software that does all that computing automatically.



Jerry, that's not just Newegg. Any on line seller that doesn't want to get cross wise with the "authorities" will be collecting sales tax.

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Jan 20, 2019 06:50:24   #
traderjohn Loc: New York City
 
Rich1939 wrote:
Jerry, that's not just Newegg. Any on line seller that doesn't want to get cross wise with the "authorities" will be collecting sales tax.


Maybe not. If I go to a store in NYC and that store has no presence in New Hampshire which has no sales or income tax and I have the store ship the item to NH. There is no sales tax.

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Jan 20, 2019 07:50:39   #
billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
 
jerryc41 wrote:
New Egg will now be collecting sales tax for customers in NY. That's got to be a monumental headache, considering the varying rates in different states and counties. I suspect someone is making software that does all that computing automatically.


If you are an educator in Ohio and use the equipment in a classroom their is no sales tax.

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Jan 20, 2019 09:32:41   #
bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA
 
If you are physically in Oregon, in any store, you can buy without sales tax. For us, crossing the WA/OR border is like a 10% off sale on everything!

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Jan 20, 2019 10:02:17   #
Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.
 
bsprague wrote:
If you are physically in Oregon, in any store, you can buy without sales tax. For us, crossing the WA/OR border is like a 10% off sale on everything!


Yes, when you are physically in a store you are subject to that states laws,not your home state's. Buying on line falls under different laws.
Apples and oranges

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Jan 20, 2019 10:04:11   #
pithydoug Loc: Catskill Mountains, NY
 
jerryc41 wrote:
New Egg will now be collecting sales tax for customers in NY. That's got to be a monumental headache, considering the varying rates in different states and counties. I suspect someone is making software that does all that computing automatically.


When you buy from say Amazon they charge you tax. I wonder how they calculate the tax, unless my mail address? How else can they tell where you live?

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Jan 20, 2019 10:12:10   #
Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.
 
pithydoug wrote:
When you buy from say Amazon they charge you tax. I wonder how they calculate the tax, unless my mail address? How else can they tell where you live?


Zip code

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Jan 20, 2019 11:06:48   #
JeffR Loc: Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
 
pithydoug wrote:
When you buy from say Amazon they charge you tax. I wonder how they calculate the tax, unless my mail address? How else can they tell where you live?


It's not where you live, it's where the purchase is delivered. I live in Delaware, with no sales tax. But if I have the package delivered to my dad in Idaho, Amazon charges me the Idaho sales tax.

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Jan 20, 2019 11:29:35   #
Tim Stapp Loc: Mid Mitten
 
A recent Supreme Court ruling has opened the door for all online sales to be subject to the sales tax levied by the state the purchaser resides in. Oops, I guess that it's the state that the receiver of the merchandise resides in.

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Jan 20, 2019 12:05:40   #
boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
 
traderjohn wrote:
Maybe not. If I go to a store in NYC and that store has no presence in New Hampshire which has no sales or income tax and I have the store ship the item to NH. There is no sales tax.


If you buy it in a state tax state, you must pay the sales tax, regardless to where it is shipped. If you BUY it in a tax free state- no sales tax. Regardless to where it is shipped. Whbat counts is the oplace where the item is bought. So if its a signifigant $ item wait till you get back to NH before you buy the item.AS the sales gtax in NY City is 8 3/4 % a 4 or 5 grand purchace you are lookinjg at a tax of 400+ bucks.

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Jan 20, 2019 12:32:55   #
aellman Loc: Boston MA
 
jerryc41 wrote:
New Egg will now be collecting sales tax for customers in NY. That's got to be a monumental headache, considering the varying rates in different states and counties. I suspect someone is making software that does all that computing automatically.


Newegg has the most amazing deals on new, used, refurbished, and early models of computer related stuff. I recently bought an older model HP 19" monitor (new) for $30 including shipping. It doesn't get any better than that.

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Jan 20, 2019 12:33:48   #
aellman Loc: Boston MA
 
aellman wrote:
Newegg has the most amazing deals on new, used, refurbished, and early models of computer related stuff. I recently bought an older model HP 19" monitor (new) for $30 including shipping. It doesn't get any better than that.

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Jan 20, 2019 12:37:17   #
gjgallager Loc: North Central CT & Space Coast Florida
 
Newegg provided the CT Department of Revenue Service with all sales to CT customers for a 3 year period. My neighbor received a tax bill from the DRS for several hundred dollars and will never buy from them again.

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