"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 06 Jun 2015 01:07:09 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> On 6/4/2015 7:46 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Tue, 02 Jun 2015 22:11:14 -0400, Cheryl wrote:
>>>
>>>> Amazon opened a new shipping location in MD so when they ship from
>>>> there
>>>> I now I have to pay sales tax. Not everything is taxed, just what is
>>>> shipped from a local warehouse.
>>>
>>> You should be paying sales tax on anything(*) shipped from any Amazon
>>> warehouse in the country once Amazon has established a physical
>>> presence (warehouse, for example) in your state.
>>>
>>> (*) provided it is a regularly taxed item at any retail outlet
>>> in your state.
>>
>> Not everything ordered from Amazon is shipped by Amazon. I've had
>> orders split on tax. Sold by Amazon, fulfilled by XXX.
>
> Yes, just because you order it through Amazon doesn't make it taxable.
> That's why I specifically said "SHIPPED from any Amazon warehouse".

I look this up and it's all very convoluted. Apparently some states do
require you to declare online purchases. I remember the last time I had to
file NY taxes for my husband, it required me to put down all that he bought
online. I highly doubt that he bought anything online. I did send him some
things during hurricane Sandy such as food, blankets, batteries and a
flashlight. They had a power outage and he had no way of getting these
things locally. But since I was living here, I didn't declare them.
Apparently CA requires to to declare this too. Not all states do. The item
I bought sells for about $13.00 and I have probably bought it 5 or 6 times
over the course of a couple of years. Pretty sure I have paid tax on
everything else I have bought from them except for food and that is not
taxable here.