Here in New York, we get charged “use tax” based upon our income. They just assume you are buying stuff on the internet! My first tax year here as a partial year resident (sept-dec ONLY) they tacked on $45 for use tax and took most of my $75 refund I was expecting.
Here in New York, we get charged “use tax” based upon our income. They just assume you are buying stuff on the internet! My first tax year here as a partial year resident (sept-dec ONLY) they tacked on $45 for use tax and took most of my $75 refund I was expecting.”
That is the same crap as a tax on “phantom income”, assuming somehow all of us are doing something off the books.
I would challenge this loud and hard.
I don’t buy on the internet, alstho I have found companies on the internet that I have then called and made my purchases. They have charged the appropriate taxes.