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Old 01-04-2014, 02:16 PM   #6
Richard W
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From my experience with out of state purchases and online purchases, the state tax does not apply if you as a purchaser are out of state and goods are to be delivered to your out of state address. For example ... if I buy online from business operating in NYC while I reside in NJ, and the goods are delivered to my NJ address ... no NY State tax. If I pick the goods up from NYC store location ... the NY State tax applies.

It seems that the first accountant interpretation was wrong and you were on the hook for the outstanding state sales taxes, but it was not your mistake ... the business should deal with it now ... they just had given you a discount then ...

The state sales taxes apply to all sales the business makes, does not matter if the goods are new, used, or scrap ... anytime the invoice is generated the state sales tax is to be collected sans state specific exclusions/exemptions.
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