I wonder about the "point of delivery" issue.  For example, when I bought my
leather sofa set, I had them deliver it to my unincorporated county (i.e.,
no city) residence, and saved a bundle on sales tax.

So the issue would be, if seller pays shipping, that's delivery to my
address, but if I pay shipping, that's FOB at the origin, and the delivery
location is out of state.

Could this make a difference?

-dtd

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John MacLerran [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 3:46 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: OT: Internet Sales Texes
>
>
> FWIW,
>
> Idaho personal tax forms have had a similar line on them for
> at least the last
> 5-6 years.  I was wondering why other states didn't do the
> same thing. I have
> a hunch that you'll see more of these 'little known laws' appear.
> :-(
>
> Jim Phillips wrote:
>
> > http://columbus.bcentral.com/columbus/stories/2001/01/22/story3.html
> >
> > It seems Ohio (my home state) is going to start enforcing a
> 1936 law that
> > generally requires Ohioans to pay sales taxes on
> out-of-state purchases --
> > including most Internet sales -- if no sales tax was paid
> or the rate was
> > less than that of the taxpayers' home county.
> >
> > Jim Phillips                           Information Systems Manager
> > Email: [log in to unmask]     Therm-O-Link, Inc.
> > Phone: 330-527-2124                    P. O. Box 285
> > Fax:   330-527-2123                    10513 Freedom Street
> > Web:   http://www.tolwire.com          Garrettsville, OH  44231
>
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