Board 8 > I...apparently owe my state money because I bought things from Amazon last year.

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What the hell, I've used Amazon for a few years now and this is the first time I've received any sort of notice about this. I know Amazon is tax-free for a few states but I didn't know that I was apparently required to pay anyways.

FOR EXAMPLE: Suppose you purchase a computer from outside of South Carolina. If the purchase is destined for storage, use or consumption in South Carolina, it is subject to the use tax.

What the hell? Do I have to pay taxes for the things I bought on Steam and PSN this year? I live close to North Carolina, if I went there and bought something do I owe South Carolina money too? This is so weird.

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I just took a look at that Amazon sales tax page, and I guess every state except for those 6 listed don't have to worry about it. That is weird for those states though.

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Durrrrrr taxes what are taxes huuurrr durrrrrr why why why hurrrrrrr

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This is literally the first time I've heard of Use Tax, although I don't pay my own taxes so it hasn't really been an issue for me. <_<

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You are required to pay the appropriate sales taxes for everything that you purchase online.

Now, up until recently, no one enforced this, but nominally speaking you still had to do it.

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Amazon is only tax-free in those states because it doesn't have any type of buildings there doing things like shipping or just data centers. That doesn't make the products tax free, only that Amazon doesn't have to charge tax for it. You are technically suppose to report the amount that wasn't taxed on your taxes so they can well...tax you for it. Don't think i've ever seen someone actually do that but i know people like you who have had to pay taxes on the stuff afterward because the state found out.

And yea that also covers if you buy something from a state with no taxes for the reason to not have to pay taxes at all.

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