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Originally Posted by ATimson
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?
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Because "use tax" is payable if you use or consume within your state a purchase that was made out-of-state on which sales tax hasn't been paid. The amount of Use Tax is equivalent to the amount of sales tax that would have been paid if you'd bought the item in your own state in a B&M store.