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Originally Posted by HarryT
Speaking as a European, it's always seemed a strange anomaly that sales tax isn't charged for online purchases. It's terribly inconvenient for the consumer to have to declare online purchases on their tax return in order to pay to owed tax.
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I'm not convinced that it's owed. My online purchase uses no state-provided resources that aren't already funded from other sources (the gas tax and corporate income tax paid for by the delivery company); why are they entitled to a cut of the cost of the purchase?