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Originally Posted by ImogenRose
Is that the case in all states (that we need to declare all our internet purchases in our tax returns)?
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As a business owner I received a form from the IRS this year requiring me to fill out a form and register with them specifically so they can now monitor my "use tax". I was asked to report the last three years dollar amount of goods I purchased out of state and did not pay sales tax on. Every one in my profession in the state received this form this year.
Almost 100% of my purchases that I did not pay tax on were from Amazon. Amazon will let you look at your purchases by year, which is helpful in determining money spent, but they do not give you an easy way of finding out what you spend in a year other than going through one by one and adding it up. For a company that markets itself with it's no sales tax policy you would think they would offer a way to make it easier to report this on tax forms.