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Originally Posted by Kolenka
No, we don't (I'm pretty close to downtown Seattle *wave*).
However, we also have a use tax. So if I go down to Portland, OR, where there isn't sales tax, buy an item, and bring it back home to Seattle. I'm expected to pay the use tax on that item. The use tax pretty much amounts to sales tax on the value of the item (using your residence as the location to figure out local/county sales taxes), minus any sales taxes you already paid to another state. WA's DOR has a page here: http://dor.wa.gov/content/FindTaxesAndRates/UseTax/
The expectation is that there is no specific schedule for the use tax unless you are a business, AFAIK.
As I said, because the expectation is that the buyer files and pays the use tax, enforcement is a hair-pulling affair, with the possible exception of big ticket items like vehicles which need to be licensed in the state. |
*waves back* boy I found out about the "import tax" in spades! when I first came out here as a single Mom of two before the cat tag fees were repealed, I had to license my car, and pay that tax, get two kids who had September birthdays ready for school all in September. I wasn't very financially set. boy was that a jolt!
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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
I am so glad I don't live in the States - seems like you all have to be certified accountants just to know what tax you should or shouldn't be paying on anything.
I couldn't handle that myself  |
well obviously a lot of us haven't a clue!