Online firearms purchases and state sales tax

[Slater]

Been buying from Bud's for a few years now and they often (but not always) have the best prices on guns I'm interested in. Was going to order a handgun from them today and noticed that they now charge state sales taxes. Did an Internet search out of curiosity and found a retailer that sold the same gun without sales tax (and just $2 more than Bud's) so I ended up ordering from them.

I know that this was inevitable, and it does give a boost to the local gun shop because online ordering is now not such a deal that it was in the past. I guess I'm curious though - why some online retailers are charging tax and some aren't? Is there a deadline for this to be implemented?

[Alex V]

June 2018 SCOTUS ruled that States can force online retailers to collect sales tax. Some States do, some don't. Not all business, it would seem, comply with the new regulations.

[jsbhike]

This may be it:

https://smallbiztrends.com/2019/01/l...sales-tax.html

[SomeOtherGuy]

June 2018 SCOTUS ruled that States can force online retailers to collect sales tax. Some States do, some don't. Not all business, it would seem, comply with the new regulations.

This. Wayfair v. South Dakota. Not all states apply their tax this way, and the ones that do may exempt other-state retailers with sales below a threshold.

The vast majority of online retailers, even smaller ones, now collect sales tax.

FYI, in most states with sales tax, you were supposed to be paying "use tax" on mail order sales anyway. Few people did, but most states had it.

[Grand58742]

Oklahoma taxes the hell out of Amazon purchases.

[JediGuy]

Taxing internet purchases is the correct thing to do.

[jpmuscle]

Taxing internet purchases is the correct thing to do.

Hush you.


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[t1tan]

Hush you.


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Agreed

[Diamondback]

This is another reason why I only buy stripped lowers rather than complete guns, minimize my tax liability. (Dear Ambulance Chaser Inslee: if you can read this, apply oral suction to my anal region.)

[tb-av]

I spoke to the FFL that does my transfers about this just a week ago. I checked in to be sure he was still doing transfers and for how much. He gave me the fees and said ... and also sales tax. So I asked with all the online businesses collecting sales tax now, what do I do if they want to collect tax as well.

His answer...... They are not going to charge you tax. That actually seems right me on the firearms because the local dealer is doing the final exchange. The FLLs should just let the guy at the end of the line collect the tax. They both can't collect it.

I didn't order the gun I was looking at so not sure how it would have gone.