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Originally Posted by DianNC
The state sets a tax rate, but it can vary from county to county, depending upon added additional city and transit taxes. My state starts with a base rate of 6.25%, but actual sales tax for my county is 8.25%. Then again, I could drive two or three counties over and pay a rate of 7.25%...or lower, I suppose, but I'm assuming Amazon would tax me at the rate of the county in which I reside.
If I travel to, say, San Diego, California, though...where sales tax is 7.25%...stores there don't insist I pay my home/county sales tax of 8.25%.
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And with the various county and city add-ons there are over 10,000 separate tax districts in the US. This makes it rather crazy to expect out of state businesses to collect sales tax (and know what's taxed in each jurusdiction and what's not), because if it starts with the states, it's sure to expand to counties and cities as well. Possibly doable for someplace like Amazon (but expensive), but for someone like Dulin's I'm sure it's pretty much impossible.