State tax on mail order ?

[IKE]

I seem to recall that the govt. has been trying to pass a law for quite awhile making all mail order companies charge tax but I don't recall ever hearing that it was now a law......I did get something from Amazon recently and no tax was charged.

The reason I'm bringing this up is that mamas new Dooney & Burke purse arrived and along with the price of the purse and the shipping charges I was dinged for $32.20 for Okla. state tax.

The purse shipped from Lancaster, Pa. and in QVC's defense I was told up front about the tax charge when I ordered and I questioned it and the gal said, "that's what we're told to do".

Is it up to the shipper to either charge or not charge tax or did I just get taken to the cleaners for $32.20 ?

 

[Robusta]

I was always under the impression that if the vendor had a brick and mortar presence in state tax was applied otherwise no. Does QVC have a distribution center or call center in OK?

NY has a line on our tax form asking us to self declare how much tax we owe on mail order purchases. I can't imagine that line gets filled out to often.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I was always under the impression that if the vendor had a brick and mortar presence in state tax was applied otherwise no. Does QVC have a distribution center or call center in OK?

NY has a line on our tax form asking us to self declare how much tax we owe on mail order purchases. I can't imagine that line gets filled out to often.

It does on my tax return.

 

[Bobw235]

Amazon has been charging tax on items shipped into my state, and there is a line on our tax forms for "use tax", where you have to declare purchases brought into the state from elsewhere. Same as sales tax rate.

 

[Don M.]

It's just a question of time before a national law is enacted to place a tax on All online purchases. Sales tax revenues from Traditional Retail have been declining for years....as more and more people discover the advantages of shopping online. States and localities which depend upon these sales tax revenues are increasingly stressed to supply the required services. However, paying a modest sales tax on online purchases would still give the consumer a better price than most stores charge for the same item.

Traditional Retail is slowly dying.