I am aware of that, and already mentioned that our sales tax here is 8.25% - not 6.6%
Texas.
I buy a lot of products online, and the tax laws are quite clear, unless the company you are buying from has a store, office, or warehouse in the state you live in, you do not pay any sales tax. If they do, then you pay the sales tax rate in the area you live. In my case, the sales tax is 8.25%
The reason this is the case is that Internet commerce falls under the 1992 Supreme Court decision that decided that mail-order retailers do not have to collect sales taxes for sales into states where they did not have a physical presence.
While every once in a while some members of Congress have considered implementing an internet tax, each time they do they are met with heavy opposition.
It appears this mysterious 6.6% tax is something entirely different, the question remains though, what is it for?
It sounds like some kind of import tax, but this too makes no sense as I have also bought products from Japanese and Asian companies and have never paid any taxes.
Who here has bought anything off the PS3's Sony Store, and what was the tax you were charged?
