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Originally Posted by Apache
Yes it is. The stores collect the sales tax on sales. The state relies on you to be truthful when you file your sales tax reports. If the store is dishonest they state would have to audit them to discover the fraud.
The State of Florida charges to different Tallahassee merchants with Sales Tax Fraud in the last two weeks.
Apache
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California's BOE does audit businesses, too. And usually with a keen insight in to how much the sort of business should be reporting (I suspect they have access to income tax records, even though that's a different tax agency). And if they find fraud, they are very, very harsh. I've seen successful businesses put out of business for underreporting sales tax (to the tune of seven figures for a local computer shop).