Sales Tax online? grrrrrr (Page 7): We have an address in NH. That is where we have internet purchases sent. We are now in the process of building and moving there. Sometime this year.

traderjohn Loc: New York City

olemikey wrote:

Free ride is over, playing field is leveled. The internet sellers now have to do what the brick-n-mortar sellers do, and we should all do, pay appropriate taxes (for your state of residence) if charged. Credit cards have always involved total cost of transaction (product, shipping, tax, any other legitimate fee involved in the purchase) that I recall/or posses.

We have an address in NH. That is where we have internet purchases sent. We are now in the process of building and moving there. Sometime this year.

Pumble

We'll see that once they realize they've lowered their profits. I also can't imagine Adorama will sit idle and watch this take place. I got my PayyBoo card Sat and will be ordering this week a new EOS-R and a 20-700 L lens upgrading from my older 7D MkII.

traderjohn Loc: New York City

gvarner wrote:

My thoughts exactly. Too many think that "appropriate" means zero. They haven’t learned that you don’t get something for nothing.

Yes you do, spent two or three generations on every entitlement program known to mankind. With no level of expectation of ever coming off those programs. Those tax $$$$$$???

AirWalter Loc: Tipp City, Ohio

BobHartung wrote:

I agree with paying taxes. It may save may small shops.

I think your second comment belongs in the attic and not in the
General Photography discussion.

My $0.02

Dr Grump Loc: Southern New England

I am gratified to see so much support for paying our share of running and taking care of our beloved country, i.e., taxes. Nobody likes taxes, and progressive or regressive, there is no way to make taxes absolutely fair. However, taxes have gotten so much bad publicity in recent years that I thought I was the only person who tried to justify them. It's a relief to find out other wise. Is it just photographers who understand the necessity?

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jdub82 Loc: Northern California

The Payboo card doesn't actually pay the sales tax, you do. My understanding is that a credit to the card account is used to pay you back the difference of what you spend in sales tax.

tomcat

Pumble wrote:

We'll see that once they realize they've lowered their profits. I also can't imagine Adorama will sit idle and watch this take place. I got my PayyBoo card Sat and will be ordering this week a new EOS-R and a 20-700 L lens upgrading from my older 7D MkII.

If you intend to pay this off as soon as you get the bill, then the sales tax rebate was a good idea for you. But if you plan to make monthly payments, then be prepared to pay 29.99% interest on the balance. At 29.99% interest, they can afford to "lower their profits", don't you think?

traderjohn Loc: New York City

Jwshelton wrote:

The law requires it. What is your problem?

There is also a law against entering the country illegally.

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

agillot wrote:

i cannot believe that a credit card would pay your sales tax , some states up to 10 % . that does not make any sense .

First of all, online vendors are not "charging" sales taxes. The states are charging sales taxes. Vendors are just middlemen who are now required to remit sales taxes to the states on their online out-of-state sales. Whether they pass that along to you is up to them. If the vendor does not add sales tax to your order, they are then just giving you a "discount" on your purchase.

What B&H is doing with their new "no sales tax" credit card is giving discounts on the sale equivalent to the tax amount, which of course they hope to make up in interest when you don't pay the credit card balance right away.

It's all simply marketing to get & keep your business. Get over your anger at vendors who are only carrying out their legal responsibility to the states to remit taxes on sales.

Pumble

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Pumble

I've never financed anything on a CC, always pay the entire bill. I also read the terms and conditions that are sent and am aware of the 30% interest.

There is no relation to the interest and the profit and am not sure what your implication is. The CC is issued by Synchrony Bank, not BH. They certainly have more than the amount of tax built into the profit if they're willing to credit back the value of the tax back. It also beats any pricing you'll see on Amazon.

JackB

It’s not that paying taxes is bad, it’s how the idiots that receive them spend them - like those that Obama gave to Solindra and they duped the taxpayer. .... and don’t get me started on General Motors!

Glenn Harve

Is it the actual money, or how states waste that money that irks you? In either case, NOTHING is free, especially if its promised from a politicians mouth.

nadelewitz Loc: Ithaca NY

Pumble wrote:

I've never financed anything on a CC, always pay the entire bill. I also read the terms and conditions that are sent and am aware of the 30% interest.

There is no relation to the interest and the profit and am not sure what your implication is. The CC is issued by Synchrony Bank, not BH. They certainly have more than the amount of tax built into the profit if they're willing to credit back the value of the tax back. It also beats any pricing you'll see on Amazon.

If you are responding to my post, OF COURSE there is a relationship between interest and profit. OF COURSE store credit cards are actually bank credit cards nowadays. Banks are in the lending business. Stores aren't.

The store gets a piece of the interest collected by the bank, for bringing the business to the bank. Just like a car dealer gets a piece of the proceeds on a car loan. That's why dealers love you to use their financing.