Herbert Graf wrote:

>
>
>Yes, with a dab of no. The US has it's own sales taxes that work
>somewhat differently from the VAT system. The "catch" is there is no
>"federal" sales tax in the US, only state level. So, if you are in the
>states and you order something from anywhere else in the states other
>then your own state, you pay no sales tax. I've heard you are SUPPOSED
>to declare these out of state purchases come tax time and pay the tax,
>but barely anyone does.
>

Some out-of-state retailers have started collecting sales tax for goods 
shipped to other states.  Digikey just started doing this to me.
(As far as I know DigiKey doesn't have a physical presence in Ohio...??)

Aaron
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