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Originally Posted by HarryT
I was not referring to sales tax, but to "use tax": the tax that is due if you purchase something online (or by some other method) that you don't pay sales tax on. In such circumstances, you have to pay a use tax that is equivalent to the amount of sales tax that you would have paid had you purchased the item in Texas.
ie as specified here:
https://www.comptroller.texas.gov/ta...es/use-tax.php
There is massive fraud with use tax; a huge number of people don't pay it. In the example you cite above, you owe use tax on the third order, because no sales tax was paid on it, and the product is being used or consumed in Texas. |
This is the first I had ever heard of that law. It is not well known.