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Adorama charge tax for out of state buyers?


5 years 1 month ago #634786 by Rick Larin
If you don't live in NY, will Adorama charge you tax on your purchases?  
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5 years 1 month ago #634850 by Dana Leeson
No, if they don't have a store in your state, then you don't get charged tax.  B&H is that way too. 
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5 years 1 month ago #634936 by garyrhook

Dana Leeson wrote: No, if they don't have a store in your state, then you don't get charged tax.  B&H is that way too. 


"Physical presence" to be more precise. Amazon (e.g.) doesn't have stores, they have warehouses, and they collect state sales taxes.
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5 years 1 month ago #634941 by Tony Imaging
This will likely change for all those not collecting in every state too.   
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5 years 1 month ago #635007 by HelenOster

Rick Larin wrote: If you don't live in NY, will Adorama charge you tax on your purchases?  


There is a legal obligation as of March 1st, for Adorama - and all other retailers - to collect State tax on items shipping to the following areas:

Collecting tax:·         Alabama·         California·         Colorado·         Connecticut·         District of Columbia·         Georgia·         Hawaii·         Idaho·         Illinois·         Indiana·         Iowa·         Kentucky·         Louisiana·         Maine·         Maryland·         Massachusetts·         Michigan·         Minnesota·         Mississippi·         Nebraska·         Nevada·         New Jersey·         New York·         North Carolina·         North Dakota·         Ohio·         Oklahoma·         Pennsylvania·         Rhode Island·         South Carolina·         South Dakota·         Texas·         Utah·         Vermont·         Washington·         West Virginia·         Wisconsin·         Wyoming These states we will continue to not collect tax (for now):·         Alaska·         Arizona·         Arkansas·         Delaware·         Florida·         Kansas·         Missouri·         Montana·         New Hampshire·         New Mexico·         Oregon·         Tennessee·         Virginia
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5 years 1 month ago #635117 by Chris Briggs
Hey Helen, so are you charging my state sales tax or NY?

Also I didn't see tax getting added in the sales cart on your page.  

While on topic, why are you and others supposed to start collecting tax now even though you are a NY company?  
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5 years 1 month ago #635120 by HelenOster
Adorama is not ‘charging’ sales tax. A new law came in March 1st which enables States to require retailers to ‘collect’ tax on their behalf.
So the percentage tax you will pay is the one charged by the State to which your goods are shipped - presumably your home address.
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5 years 1 month ago #635121 by Chris Briggs

HelenOster wrote: Adorama is not ‘charging’ sales tax. A new law came in March 1st which enables States to require retailers to ‘collect’ tax on their behalf.
So the percentage tax you will pay is the one charged by the State to which your goods are shipped - presumably your home address.



So if I live in Florida, you charge on behalf of Florida, our sales tax.  Vs someone that is in Alaska, you'll charge on Alaska's behalf their sales tax.  Right?

Greedy states trying to dig into our pockets.  When does this take into effect on your site?  
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5 years 1 month ago #635132 by garyrhook

Chris Briggs wrote: So if I live in Florida, you charge on behalf of Florida, our sales tax.  Vs someone that is in Alaska, you'll charge on Alaska's behalf their sales tax.  Right?


Yes, that's exactly what happens.

Greedy states trying to dig into our pockets.  When does this take into effect on your site?  


No, it levels the retail playing field, which should have been happening for years now. The web companies no longer need the subsidy of tax avoidance, which, frankly, is helping to destroy local economies.

If you want to have an opinion, I suggest you do some research into the real cost to you, and the rest of humanity, of letting companies like Amazon, Google, and what-not get away with murder. And your money.

And I think Helen mentioned March 1st in her post. There's that reading thing again.
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5 years 1 month ago #635143 by J Hemingway
That pretty much sums it up.  When you consider the short term benefits (saving $$ a few bucks) to what is slowing happening in the back ground, each time you buy from Amazon or Google because you save on tax, the local stores though are matched on price, however can't compete on zero tax, sooner or later, enough people follow this path, these smaller local businesses go out of business.  This alone has a ripple effect on local economies.  

Food for thought. Don't get me wrong, I wish we could continue to save $$, but sooner or later, that will catch up to us.  
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5 years 1 month ago #635205 by Rick Larin
Well this turned into a read!  :woohoo:   Got more of an answer than I had expected.  Well that makes sense about leveling the playing field.  Didn't think of that.  
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5 years 1 month ago #635255 by fmw
Just a couple of thoughts. The first one is that leveling the "sales tax field" won't stop the move from brick and mortar to internet sales.  Internet is simply more efficient and less expensive regardless of sales taxes.  Most brick and mortar stores will be gone over the coming years.

The second is that there are other ways for states to tax than sales tax.  Replacing sales tax with some other form of taxation is something the states should have done long ago rather than making commerce more complicated and expensive.  Fans of taxation prefer progressive taxes and sales tax is definitely not progressive.
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3 years 5 months ago #699797 by isabellasophie
Sales tax is not 'paid' by Adorama. On March 1st, a new law came into force that allows states to compel retailers on their behalf to 'collect' revenue. So the percentage tax you would pay is the one paid by 
your home address, probably the state to which your goods are delivered.
No, if they don't have a store in your state, then there's no tax you're paying. B&H is 
just like that.
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3 years 5 months ago #699798 by Shadowfixer1

isabellasophie wrote: Sales tax is not 'paid' by Adorama. On March 1st, a new law came into force that allows states to compel retailers on their behalf to 'collect' revenue. So the percentage tax you would pay is the one paid by 
your home address, probably the state to which your goods are delivered.
No, if they don't have a store in your state, then there's no tax you're paying. B&H is 
just like that.

If you are saying they don't collect the tax if there isn't a store in your state, that is no longer correct. The business is compelled to charge tax based on your homes states sales tax. If your state has a tax, you will be charged.
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3 years 5 months ago #699802 by isabellasophie
So, if I live in Florida, you're paying our sales tax on behalf of Florida. In the case of anyone in Alaska, you can bill their sales tax on behalf of Alaska. Huh? Right? 
Greedy governments are seeking to tap into pockets of our own. When will it take place on your site?
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