Thread: No more buying from Amazon starting on July 1 for me!

Amazon will start collecting sales tax from Texas residents. Bummer. BH and Adorama's gain!

Amazon, Texas Reach Deal to Settle Sales-Tax Spat - WSJ.com

Won't you have all the new cameras by then anyways?

LOL! Not at the rate the OMD is becoming available!

I need to move to a state w/ no sales tax, no property tax, and no state/county/municipal/city/school district income tax.

Monaco it is then!

Hope the OMD gets shipped before then!

Originally Posted by Crsnydertx

Hope the OMD gets shipped before then!

At the current rate, it may not ship before July 1!

Originally Posted by Armanius

At the current rate, it may not ship before July 1!

if that

I will just buy elsewhere.

I hate to rain on everyone's parade, but buying online does not mean you shouldn't be paying taxes on your purchase. If you buy online from out of state and are not charged sales tax, you are supposed to be paying a use tax to your state.
The myth of tax free internet sales « The Ecommerce Blog

As more and more transactions take place on the internet and states begin losing revenue streams from sales tax, they are going to start searching for those use taxes that are not being reported. Probably better to just report it than to get caught and have to pay penalties and interest.

And please don't shoot the messenger for delivering the message. I don't like it anymore than you do. One solution is to move to a state without sales tax and buy everything local. Hello New Hampshire, Maryland, Montana, Oregon and Alaska.

Luke, you're right, of course. I would be happy to see all online merchants collect sales tax; that would have the added benefit of eliminating one disadvantage bricks-and-mortar stores experience today. I would gladly go across town to Houston Camera Exchange rather than buy online; the store will pay the sales tax on my behalf and I won't have to hassle with use tax forms.

It sure seems like we get taxed on just about everything. Growing up, I used to see income tax as "the" tax of all taxes. Sales tax was the next big tax. But as an adult now, I'm encountering taxes and fees at every corner. And not all the taxes and fees are obvious. So at the end of the day, and this is just a guesstimate, I'm thinking that at least 50-60 cents of every dollar that I earn goes to the government. I'm assuming that the keeper rate is even lower for folks in NY or CA. I need to stop thinking about this or else it'll drive me insane (more than I already am).