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There’s a reason the Apple store in the Christiana mall in Delaware does so much business.

I live just north of the state line and work in Delaware. Only thing I pay sales tax on is a car. Which I have to register in my home state. I buy almost everything else in Delaware…
 
"the total sales price of all items must remain under $750. Apple products, including Macs, iPad, and the iPod touch, are eligible, alongside accessories such as keyboard, mice, the Apple Pencil, and more"

Honestly though, there is a very limited selection of Macs that are under $750.

That's the state rules so yea, it isn't much of a deal.

Sales tax is one of the main reasons I love living near Delaware. Haven't paid sales tax on a Mac in years.

Limits my CTO options though.

Can't a CTO be set for pickup in store? But yea, whenever I get to MD if. I need something that makes it worth teh gas I make a Delaware run; and bypass teh 95 toll by the back road past UD.

Or……

you could come to Oregon. No sales tax.

I did a project in Portland ( afun city) and aCanadian coworker brought back an entire stereo set one piece at a time to avoid import duties. The hotel stored it as he slowly got it al to Canada.

This is one of those things that people get excited about because, you know, taxes, but barely moves the needle. I don’t know if this is only state sales tax, or includes county and local taxes. Alabama state sales tax is 4%, limited to a $750 purchase— so a $30 savings.

Missouri state tax is also 4%, but if local taxes are included it gets up over 10% in parts of St Louis. State tax in South Carolina is 6% with up to an additional percent locally.

The other thing I learned browsing the bowels of state tax codes: Alabama state tax is 4% for most things, 2% for cars and strangely 3% only for food obtained from coin-op vending machines…

They can be bizarre. When I lived in NY small marshmallows and large marshmallows had different tax rates because one was candy and the other food.
Right! 4 states only!!!
Alabama is one of the states that gets a tax free holiday.

It's a state thing. A number do it near when school starts and limit breaks to things needed for school as well as cap prices so no $10K plus Mac tax free.
 
Damn, I forgot about this. I ordered like $3000 worth of crap including fitness, iPad Pro 11, Magic KB, other stuff this week 🤣 Least I grabbed the Veteran's Discount I suppose 🥳 all it cost me was years of my life
 
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Yeah, so we are better off buying from somewhere else that is legally tax free year long. :D
(I am looking at the Exchange now.)

Unfortunately, the Exchange only has non-5G Pros last I checked, at least online.
 
$750 without the 4% tax = $30 savings. Nice, not sure why anyone scoffs at that.

Tax holidays are nice in that it targets back to school shopping. But if it is truly aimed at back to school for working class to poor then a cap of some kind is appropriate.
 
Tax holidays are a weird thing: Let’s all pay slightly higher taxes all year so an one day of the year we don’t have to pay taxes at all.
 
So in Virginia,

Eligible products include:​

  • Cell phone chargers with a sales price of $60 or less
  • Cell phone batteries with a sales price of $60 or less
Yawn.
 
Tennessee’s sales tax holiday isn’t listed… Link here.


What’s tax-exempt?

• Computers $1,500 or Less

• Computers with a purchase price of $1,500 or less. This includes laptops as well as tablets (iPads, etc.).

• Computers for personal (not business) use.

What’s still taxable?

• Computer parts, like keyboards and monitors, when not sold with a CPU.

• Storage media, like flash drives and compact discs.

• Individually purchased software.

• Video game consoles.

• Computer printers and supplies.

• Electronic readers (Kindles, Nooks, etc.) and personal digital assistants.

• Cell phones, including smart phones.
 
Check again, mate. It is there now. ;)
Thanks. It is tempting, especially since I get an additional 10% for using the Star Card.

Edit: All they have in 12inch is128 GSB with cellular. Oh well I’ll keep checking.
 
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Tennessee’s sales tax holiday isn’t listed… Link here.


What’s tax-exempt?

• Computers $1,500 or Less

• Computers with a purchase price of $1,500 or less. This includes laptops as well as tablets (iPads, etc.).

• Computers for personal (not business) use.

What’s still taxable?

• Computer parts, like keyboards and monitors, when not sold with a CPU.

• Storage media, like flash drives and compact discs.

• Individually purchased software.

• Video game consoles.

• Computer printers and supplies.

• Electronic readers (Kindles, Nooks, etc.) and personal digital assistants.

• Cell phones, including smart phones.
Why do they hate computers so much???
 
Apple never "PAYS" state sales tax; however, it is legally required to COLLECT it from customers and remit it to the various state authorities.
With all the smoke-and-mirrors in corporate accounting, I sometimes wonder if my sales tax actually winds up in the appropriate hands... or if it winds up in one of those off-shore accounts where Uncle Sam can't get it. Whatever your thoughts on government, I'd like to be sure my dollars are going where they are claiming to go. Otherwise, Apple and others are just padding their pockets illegally.

This is a genuine question. Can anyone shed some light on this?
 
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With all the smoke-and-mirrors in corporate accounting, I sometimes wonder if my sales tax actually winds up in the appropriate hands... or if it winds up in one of those off-shore accounts where Uncle Sam can't get it. Whatever your thoughts on government, I'd like to be sure my dollars are going where they are claiming to go. Otherwise, Apple and others are just padding their pockets illegally.

This is a genuine question. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Apple will have to file sales numbers and pay the tax when they file, which can be monthly, quarterly or annually depending on the state. My guess is monthly because the state wants as much cash as quickly as possible. I do it annually because my taxable sales are small.

If Apple played games with the tax numbers they'd face some hefty penalties.
 
With all the smoke-and-mirrors in corporate accounting, I sometimes wonder if my sales tax actually winds up in the appropriate hands... or if it winds up in one of those off-shore accounts where Uncle Sam can't get it. Whatever your thoughts on government, I'd like to be sure my dollars are going where they are claiming to go. Otherwise, Apple and others are just padding their pockets illegally.

This is a genuine question. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Only those "mom-and-pop" stores may even think about that. And they can only attempt to steal the cash portion of the sales since credit card sales are easily traceable. If big companies do that, they'll have whistle-blowers in no time because of the IRS reward system. Basically, the whistleblower will get the 15-30% of the amount that the IRS collects from the company. Easy and legal money to retire on for any salaried employees.
 
Every state should get rid of sales tax. It only punishes the poor and widens the wealth inequality gap. Raise income tax for top earners instead.
 
Every state should get rid of sales tax. It only punishes the poor and widens the wealth inequality gap. Raise income tax for top earners instead.
Part of the challenge is then making up for lost revenue from out of town tourists and business travel; plus some jurisdictions have a local tax to pay for various local projects which would mean adding a local income tax as well. A better option would be to have no sales tax on groceries and the first x dollars of other necessities such as clothes. That reduces the burden on lower income citizens while still taxing higher end purchases, and has less of an impact on out of state purchases.
 
Our here in Ohio is Aug 6-8 but I don't think Apple sells a computer cheap enough to take advantage of the deal... Our details are below...

Ohio will observe its now-annual sales tax “holiday” Aug. 6-8.

During the holiday, the following items are exempt from sales and use tax:

  • Items of clothing priced at $75 or less.
  • School supplies priced at $20 or less.
  • School instructional material priced at $20 or less.
Items used in a trade or business will not be exempt. For more information, refer to the Ohio Department of Taxation’s FAQs.
 
Our here in Ohio is Aug 6-8 but I don't think Apple sells a computer cheap enough to take advantage of the deal... Our details are below...

Ohio will observe its now-annual sales tax “holiday” Aug. 6-8.

During the holiday, the following items are exempt from sales and use tax:

  • Items of clothing priced at $75 or less.
  • School supplies priced at $20 or less.
  • School instructional material priced at $20 or less.
Items used in a trade or business will not be exempt. For more information, refer to the Ohio Department of Taxation’s FAQs.
As a lifelong Ohioan, I had no idea ours was so chintzy!
 
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