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Originally Posted by recycledelectron
3. Amazon collects the sales tax. It is very unusual for any individual to file a tax return saying "I bought ____ from ___ and was not charged sales tax, so here's the tax." (Though I do exactly that.) So any claims of tax evasion seem silly.
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It probably is unusual for people to voluntarily pay the sales tax on online/mail order purchases. (Yes, mail order purchases fall under the same rules. Basically the law covers purchases made from a business with no physical presence in the taxing jurisdiction, regardless of how the purchase is made.)
What isn't so unusual is for states to pursue people for failure to pay such taxes. Generally it's on major purchases (i.e. multiple thousands of dollars) but I have heard of them pursuing people for small purchases when the annual total becomes major.