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Originally Posted by HarryT
Use Tax? In most US states, if you buy a product for use or consumption in your state, you are obliged to pay your state's rate of sales tax on it if you have not already paid the sales tax in another US state.
Of course, many people don't pay the tax, but that doesn't make it any the less a legal obligation to do so.
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This is correct. Since I'm "returning" to the US with the ebook, I am required to pay 7% Use/Sales tax.
One last thing. I don't have to pay use tax on VAT if the receipt is itemized showing the amount of VAT paid (some tourist areas do this). If the price includes VAT as it generally does then I must pay tax on the tax.