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Originally Posted by dordale
Note--just because a vendor doesn't charge sales tax to a California resident, doesn't mean that the purchaser doesn't legally owe tax to the state of California. When Californians file their state income tax returns, they are supposed to report all taxable purchases that they made and weren't charged tax on--then pay a "use tax" on these purchases. I'm fairly certain that there aren't many residents who actually report these purchases and pay the use tax.
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That is true of many states and why they were so hung up on forcing Amazon to be an unpaid tax collection agency when they had no legal obligation to do so.
All a moot point, now.