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Old 05-04-2010, 03:15 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Presumably anyone who failed to declare internet purchases on their tax return would be liable to prosecution for tax evasion?
As a general rule, yes, you would be liable-but you would probably not be prosecuted unless somebody pushed it, e.g. you publicly started a civil disobedience campaign, some politician decided they should start prosecuting for this, or something. (Maybe you just p***d off the wrong politician?)

At least that's what I believe the situation would be in many jurisdictions. Sales tax, in the US, is imposed by 'local' laws (sometimes at the state level, sometimes at the city level) so the exact wording-and therefore the situations-vary by jurisdiction. IANAL so I could be wrong, but I don't think I am-at least not about my local area.
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