A company is supposed to charge sales tax if the product is being shipped to 
the same state or if the company has a physical presence in the state that 
the items are being shipped to.  This is partially why many companies 
separate their online business from their brick-and-mortar stores as 2 
different entities.  Newark is an odd case since they charged me sales tax to 
Texas, but could not show me where their Texas office was, so it's hard to 
say what they will do for international orders.  BTW, Newark also forced a 
shipping insurance on me, even though UPS automatically insured the package.

Cheers,
-Neil.


On Tuesday 28 December 2004 04:58 am, Kevin scribbled:
> That sounds right, most (all?) states charge sales tax if
> you are purchasing the item from within the state. So, if
> you do not live in the state you are purchasing the item
> from you do not have to pay state sales tax.
>
> ~Kevin
>
> On Tue, 28 Dec 2004, Omer YALHI wrote:
> > I order from Newark all the time and do not pay the sales tax.  There is
> > a question (when click checkout), "Should your order be charged sales
> > tax?", just click no.  I do not have sales tax exemption certificate
> > either and have never been asked for.  That is probably because the order
> > is an international one.
> >
> > Regards, Omer
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU [mailto:piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU] On Behalf
> > Of cdb
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 11:13 AM
> > To: PICLIST@MIT.EDU
> > Subject: [OT]US Sales tax question
> >
> >  Can anyone here tell me whether export items attract State sales tax?
> >
> > I'm considering placing an order with Newarkinone (much cheaper than
> > Farnell in Oz and Farnell in the UK get these items from Newark
> > weird!)
> >
> > Newark say that all orders will attract sales tax unless a sales tax
> > exemption certificate exists.  They don't say what happens to
> > International orders.
> >
> > Have to say, I've never paid sales tax on anything I've ordered from
> > the US, but maybe the State Newark operate out of have different laws.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Colin
> >
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