Reminder: You Can Get Apple Products Tax-Free in 10 States

[ab22]

Sorry follow on question. So I get to online checkout, do they add the tax for my home state or do I get a bill later? If the former I assume the shop have to find a way to pay my state?

Yes - I live in NH & say Apple, charge me no sales tax. If I have it delivered to my friend in Mass. - I pay tax.
Reverse the locations & I avoid tax by picking it from NH - either a store or my friend… but there is Mass. use tax on items over $1000 but that's another story, that I'm unfamiliar with.

https://www.mass.gov/doc/2023-form-1-instructions/download#page=15

 

[martint235]

Yes - I live in NH & say Apple, charge me no sales tax. If I have it delivered to my friend in Mass. - I pay tax.
Reverse the locations & I avoid tax by picking it from NH - either a store or my friend… but there is Mass. use tax on items over $1000 but that's another story, that I'm unfamiliar with.

https://www.mass.gov/doc/2023-form-1-instructions/download#page=15

Thanks for the info. Seems very complicated but I’m guessing it works.

 

[onenorth]

Thanks for the info. Seems very complicated but I’m guessing it works.

Businesses are generally required to collect and remit state sales taxes (if any) to the state where the goods and services are sold and delivered. For online sales, it is based on the shipping address and the customer is charged the tax as part of the sale. No separate tax remit is needed and the business collects and pays the tax on behalf of the customer.

But if someone purchases something in person in a different state, they may be required to declare it to the taxing authority and pay the use tax. For example, if a resident of Massachusetts (which has a use tax) purchases a new Mac at an Apple Store in New Hampshire, they will not pay a sales tax at the time of purchase because New Hampshire has no general sales tax (only for meals and lodging). When that resident returns home to Massachusetts with the new Mac, they are supposed to voluntarily declare the purchase and pay any required tax. In practice, this is nearly impossible to enforce and most people would not voluntarily do so.

A number of years ago Massachusetts tried to get a tire retailer in New Hampshire to collect Massachusetts sales tax from customers who resided in Massachusetts. Ultimately, the court held that the state could not force the out-of-state tire retailer to collect the tax because there was no evidence that the tires were being used in Massachusetts. But it is still an open and contentious question of whether a state can force out-of-state businesses to collect sales taxes.

 

[J InTech82]

Every day is tax-free day in Oregon.

I plan on purchasing the Blackmagic Pyxis 12K in Portland 😂

 

[zilchfox]

I love how my state is nearly completely surrounded by states that offer a tax-free holiday, but mine doesn’t. Rip.

I live in GA.

 

[Flight Plan]

I love how my state is nearly completely surrounded by states that offer a tax-free holiday, but mine doesn’t. Rip.

I live in GA.

The good news is that if you live in Georgia, you can also VOTE in Georgia.

Do you?

You, along with your fellow Georgians, have all the power. You just have to use it.

 

[sos47]

Maybe MR stuff dont know that there are states worldwide.
The correct title should be ‚Tax-Free in 10 US States‘.

 

[Jemorama]

You probably get extra tax weekends 😂

I thought that was NY only 🤣

 

[hsoj1006]

They are always tax free in Delaware!

 

[delsoul]

What about CA?

Yeah right, CA would have a tax increase weekend if anything.

 

[r8ders2k]

Just got to go see my friends in Oregon, whenever I'm looking for a new computer...

Did that years ago, visiting my in-laws, when I bought my son's first MacBook Pro (5,3). With the education discount and no sales tax, he got a bump up on the processor.

 

[zilchfox]

The good news is that if you live in Georgia, you can also VOTE in Georgia.

Do you?

You, along with your fellow Georgians, have all the power. You just have to use it.

Of course I vote, I recently gained the ability to do so in 2021.

So what of it? You think my tiny little vote is enough to sway the masses into having a tax-free holiday?

 

[k1121j]

People who brag about sales tax should by law be require to state their property tax rates as well.

It's up there, but i don't pay state income tax, sales tax, and whatever various other taxes people in other states pay.
I'm guessing it ends up being less in total, it definitely does not go up when i buy things. I'm happy that those that don't own property are not burdened with tax and it gives them a change to get up to that level.