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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (48712)	5/25/2006 12:56:56 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

WELL, no. Not very. If you buy car in another state and register it here, they can get you. But if you buy things they have no way of seeing, hey can't. There's line on the CA income tax form where they ask is you've bought things in other states and paid no or less tax than the CA tax. If you're dumb enough to answer yes, you have to itemize them and compute tax due to CA. Of course, almost everyone says no.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (48712)	5/25/2006 1:02:37 PM
From: Ken Adams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I have a long time gripe with a national book club I sometimes buy from. These are books dealing in painting instruction and are not readily available elsewhere. I live in Colorado, the book company in based in Ohio and the books are shipped from New York. They insist on charging me Colorado state sales tax. I refused to pay it, several times. They threatened to ruin my excellent credit rating. All this for a few dollars. Not wanting a blot on my credit rating, I reluctantly paid. I'm still a few bucks ahead, though, as they pay shipping when I put the cost on my Visa. Shipping is usually more than the tax. Books are heavy and costly to ship.