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Amazon going to tax NE residents.
webtrekker:
So... seems it isn't just Amazon... while starting my taxes with TurboTax I come across this section ---
--- Quote ---Nebraska use tax is a tax paid while in Nebraska on purchases of items or services outside Nebraska for use in Nebraska. The Nebraska use tax is 5.5% (.055) plus any applicable local rate.
You owe Nebraska use tax if:
- you did not pay use tax on those items or services that are subject to the tax
- you paid use tax at a lower rate than the required use tax rate for the area where you live
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--- Quote ---Let us know if you bought something outside Nebraska while in Nebraska without paying a sales tax. You'll need to pay taxes on these items (this is called a use tax) Examples include: Purchases made in another state and brought back into Nebraska
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So... If I buy something over in Iowa and bring it back into Nebraska, then I have to track those purchases and pay a "use tax". For example, at the beginning of school season, Iowa has their "no tax" on school supplies days... well... not if you live in the "Tax-ME-State" ... >:D :o
Dan W:
What about purchases made in another state and delivered to a 3rd state? Or maybe I was not In Lincoln when I bought that last minute birthday gift.
For instance I bought an Amazon gift for my Mother in Arizona while visiting my daughter in Denver...still shows up on my Amazon order history in my account. Are they going to geolocate all my purchases?
BTW you can request an order history report at this link
https://www.amazon.com/gp/b2b/reports
ETA I believe gift cards are exempt from sales tax and they are in the report too
m morton:
--- Quote from: Dan W on December 31, 2016, 07:27:19 PM ---
ETA I believe gift cards are exempt from sales tax and they are in the report too
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as long as the state does not try to dubble dip the taxes . once when you buy a card then and tax again to use them. not saying they won't try lol ... but they won't get away with it
CrazyGolfNut:
--- Quote from: Dan W on December 31, 2016, 07:27:19 PM ---
BTW you can request an order history report at this link
https://www.amazon.com/gp/b2b/reports
ETA I believe gift cards are exempt from sales tax and they are in the report too
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Interesting report. One problem I see is that when you return something for credit, the report does not show that. If NE is going to collect for back taxes, they may try and collect for an item that you returned.
Dan W:
--- Quote from: GunsForGolfer on January 01, 2017, 06:17:06 AM ---Interesting report. One problem I see is that when you return something for credit, the report does not show that. If NE is going to collect for back taxes, they may try and collect for an item that you returned.
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Another interesting note... Amazon only taxed items they fulfilled on an order today of a Blu Ray player and an HDMI cable ( taxed the $6 cable but not the $60 item) I will monitor how that is reported. I would like the Amazon report to be accurate enough to rely on for tax filing purposes
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