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AFAIK, If you go to OR and buy there the item they would not ask you where you live and don't care what are you going to do with the item once it's yours. Maybe you're giving it to your friend who lives in OR. Obviously a car that has to be registered is a different case.
I live in a state with NO sales tax. The DOR (Dept. of Revenue) of the state next door sued a retailer with presence in both states asking them to charge tax to their residents who cross over state lines and buy in my state. The suit was thrown out. Since other state DOR doesn't have jurisdiction here, they cannot ask the retailer to tax buyers while they are in my state.
Of course, buyers from other state should pay the "use" tax on the items they buy here since they use it there, as the law states. Many don't, hence the suit, but still the fact remains that even though the retailer has presence in both states, they have to follow the rules of the state the purchase is made, not the laws of the other state, whether or not the buyer is a resident of that other state.
The same way, when I go to a store in other state, I have to pay sales tax. Nobody ask me where do I live and since we don't have sales tax, exempts me of it.[/color]
We have a Walmart here in the Atlanta Area that the physical building span's two different counties. One county has a Sales Tax Rate of 7%, The other County has a 6% rate. Walmart had to program its cash register so the registers in the Back of the store charge the 7% rate, and collect and pay that county it collection. The registers in the front of the store collect the 6% rate.
I wonder how many people check out in the back where the photo dept, sporting goods, media/electronics are.
Why not move all the registers to the 6% side of the store?
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