The only items on Amazon you shouldn't be paying taxes on are those you resell.
I never pay any taxes on items I buy from third party sellers, just like with Ebay.The only items on Amazon you shouldn't be paying taxes on are those you resell.
Amazon has been collecting sales tax in many states for a while: Amazon.com Help: About Sales Tax Most other places only collect sales tax if they have a presence in a state .. for CT, we are "supposed" to pay a use tax for any out of state purchase where a sales tax wasn't collected.I never pay any taxes on items I buy from third party sellers, just like with Ebay.
Change how?
What will draw you in?
Service? macy's etc - and I see that segment shrinking the most. Be that economics (too few people making the money to go there), alternatives (walmart, target) or online/newer younger buyers.
Music? dancing girls? a pizza shop? Target has a Starbucks, walmart 1 a duncan donuts, walmart 2 a subway.
I'll pay a bit more to get it now. I can order it - and it comes to me, nice, but it can (with amazon's free shipping) take a week at times longer.
Locally I will pay with my time and gas.
Today I went to the gas station, mcdonalds, liquor store, home depot, walmart and two car parts stores (needed a feeler guage and the first one had none..but then I didn't ask for help..i googled teh other store and found they had what i wanted in stock, found it on their shelves (5 choices!), and done, i'm home.
I also bought a candy bar...an impulse buy..does that exist in online shopping? If not it's gonna hurt profit margins at some point I'd think. But then maybe the trend is away from impulse buys?
I don't pay taxes on Amazon for business purchases, there is a form you can fill out, technically if you buy something fo non business use and don't pay tax you are committing a crime those purchases are supposed to be reported and taxes paid
Right, we started paying taxes when Amazon opened up their first fulfillment center here in 2007, we have have 5 currently , AZ has a TPT taxAmazon has been collecting sales tax in many states for a while: Amazon.com Help: About Sales Tax Most other places only collect sales tax if they have a presence in a state .. for CT, we are "supposed" to pay a use tax for any out of state purchase where a sales tax wasn't collected.
Amazon has been collecting sales tax in many states for a while: Amazon.com Help: About Sales Tax Most other places only collect sales tax if they have a presence in a state .. for CT, we are "supposed" to pay a use tax for any out of state purchase where a sales tax wasn't collected.
In PA DJ/entertainment isn't subject to sales tax,but all photographic services and products are. So I have a sale tax number and have to file monthly, pay monthly.
On the form (their website) is the question about Use tax (and other various taxes, like if you sell cell phones you have to pay a $1 tax per phone for 911 services, and a few other odd items like that).
PA can be weird - shipping is taxable IF what you're shipping is taxable..and not if it's not. Most clothing here is not taxable, but photos are. So if you order a photo from me and shipping is $5, I must pay PA 30c (6%) of that $5 ship charge. If you buy a shirt with the picture on it, I don't.
How likely are you to get busted? The second year I was in business I got a sales tax audit...so you never know!
And being open to the public you never know who your next customer may be...a zoning officer, an IRS agent..I've had both.
again it is your responsibility to report that you purchased those items and pay the appropriate sales tax on themCome to the DJ Expo...You can buy as much as you want TAX FREE!!!
It must be some sort of "SHOW/EXPO" loop hole. Every year I buy items straight cash without the tax. Most of the deals being advertised are 15% off, but then if you pay no tax, you also save more money...In Maryland sales tax is 6% on DJ equipment.
I don't expect to buy anything big tomorrow, but who knows...maybe I see a light I all of a sudden must have...