Seems like allot of places have started to charge your state sales tax on items purchased over the internet even when they are in another state shipping out of state. Brownells and Midway to name a couple. Was wondering if there were any websites that sell ammo that don't charge you your state sales tax?
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Gabe
There are, but I try to find sites with free shipping. Shipping is more than the state sales tax.
What's worse is I live in a state that has no sales tax on guns or ammo and some sites charge me sales tax anyway. Oddly enough, Midway doesn't charge me sales tax anymore after I emailed them on it.
Be glad you don't live in a state that charges an extra gun/ammo tax on top of the sales tax PLUS, if you order ammo online it has to be shipped to an FFL in your state who will charge you for his time/trouble because you didn't buy the ammo from him.
Bill
Bill
Seems I remember some years ago now that the interstate laws were changed because local merchants were claiming they were at a pricing disadvantage because the internet sellers could sell it cheaper because of not charging sales tax and states were complaining they were not getting the taxes they actually were owed.
So the laws were changed that sales tax for the state being shipped to had to be collected by the internet sellers and sent to the states.
Legally at least in my state prior to the laws change the resident was supposed to claim and pay the due taxes to the state on all out of state orders when they did their yearly tax returns, but I know of no one that ever did so.
I do occasionally still get orders from some internet companies that fail to charge the sales tax but it is pretty rare these days overall.
The only way I know to find out is to go to theirr checkout stage of the order and see if sales tax is added to the total.
I do not think technically any companies should not be charging sales tax to a buyer in a state that collect taxes on the amount of a purchase with the laws as they are today.
So the laws were changed that sales tax for the state being shipped to had to be collected by the internet sellers and sent to the states.
Legally at least in my state prior to the laws change the resident was supposed to claim and pay the due taxes to the state on all out of state orders when they did their yearly tax returns, but I know of no one that ever did so.
I do occasionally still get orders from some internet companies that fail to charge the sales tax but it is pretty rare these days overall.
The only way I know to find out is to go to theirr checkout stage of the order and see if sales tax is added to the total.
I do not think technically any companies should not be charging sales tax to a buyer in a state that collect taxes on the amount of a purchase with the laws as they are today.
SCOTUS' 2018 Wayfair opinion, which made many internet transactions taxable.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-494_j4el.pdf
I note that the Wayfair opinion does not address marketplace facilitators like Amazon and Gunbroker, which generally do not sell their own goods, but only provide a platform for the sale of others' goods. "Marketplace facilitator" statutes following on the heels of the Wayfair opinion, are the basis for that related but separate grab for the gold . . . .
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-494_j4el.pdf
I note that the Wayfair opinion does not address marketplace facilitators like Amazon and Gunbroker, which generally do not sell their own goods, but only provide a platform for the sale of others' goods. "Marketplace facilitator" statutes following on the heels of the Wayfair opinion, are the basis for that related but separate grab for the gold . . . .
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