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Originally Posted by afa
The sales tax is charged by B&N, not the forwarder. I'm no expert in tax, what with living in a tax-free country and all, but I assume B&N charges sales tax on all online sales, maybe?
Alternatively, maybe B&N charges sales tax because their own warehouses are located in states with tax?
Either way, the point is if you buy online and use a freight forwarder, you will have to pay tax.
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There are 5 US states that have no (or limited) sales taxes. Delaware being one of them. So most things purchased in or delivered to these states would not be charged sales tax. There are some exceptions like gasoline, hotel, restaurants, etc but the Nook isnt one of them.
Considering the purpose of forwarders is to ship products overseas economically being in a tax-free state would be a plus.
Of course, there could be other reasons they dont use these states.