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Originally Posted by pwalker8
If I were to get in a car and drive over to the next state and buy something there, then I wouldn't be expected to pay my state tax on that purchase. Why should I pay a tax on it just because I'm having it delivered rather than drive over and pick it up?
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Because the law says that you have to? Most states have a "use tax" under which, if you buy something out of state and hence pay no sales tax, you have to pay the equivalent of what you would have paid in sales tax if the product is used or consumed in your state. This is what I was referring to when I said that there is tax evasion on a massive scale: many people fail to declare or pay use tax.