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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (76177)	10/20/1999 1:16:00 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570514

RE <<<If you still call the latter "retail," then you might as well call an apple an orange. Or a turkey a chicken. Or oral sex ... er, let's not go there.>>> Tenchusatsu, what do you call the shops where Gateway sells its computers? ted

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (76177)	10/20/1999 8:00:00 AM
From: Bill Jackson	Respond to of 1570514

Tenchu. Retail has no connection to the method or where you buy the item. All Dell sales are retail, look at the invoice, you provide no retail sales tax exemption information. By definition retail is the last sale of that piece of merchandise...when it goes into service in your house or office. Most large corporation pay state sales taxes on whatever they purchase from other states because their home state comes in and levies the sales tax at their place(use tax= sales tax). Since I have been in retail for over 20 years I know a bit about it. The industry is trying to differentiate direct sales and link it to the congressional holiday on internet taxes as they all fear retail sales taxes as it would shift sales back to the brick and mortar shops as freight then would be cheaper to the brick and mortar shops(in bulk) and the sales tax would be the same. So I understand their spin, but you should see through this attempt to place their interpretation on how you should see this(spin) as holy writ and make your own judgment. I know you do not want to pay sales taxes on all the stuff you buy from out of state....but it will come. Bill

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (76177)	10/20/1999 11:50:00 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570514

RE:"Retail involves a middle man"... I see...so screwdriver shops are "direct" and not retail? No middle man. Funny how the government doesn't see it this way and still wants to charge sales tax on the retail level...despite what the "industry" thinks. The "industry" and define things the they way they want to but "retail" is universally the last point of sale for human consumption...Direct, Costco, screwdriver shops sales are all retail unless the product is bought with the intent of resale, bought by a tax exempt organizaton or for export for which you'll need a tax ID number. Jim