Seems to me this was less an issue prior to Internet sales and the development of effective and efficient door to door shipping. Most often in the past, we would usually head down to the local store, buy our equipment, become friends and customers ... pay tax, and forget it.
Suddenly, UPS and FEDEX, and the like became cost-effective to deliver merchandise, and that's when the issue of sales tax becomes relevant to each state ... even tho, in law, the tax should be added to tax return or some other method in the state of habitation (or the employment??)
But, I venture to guess most purchasers of out/state equipment either 'forget' or 'don't realize' that tax is still due in home state. I'll leave that one alone for now - but the major tax collection runs hand in hand with internet ordering and transport across state lines. Legal, of course, but awkward for any in-state tax system.
I'd be curious to know how a company distributes the tax, once collected?? Does it send each state a portion depending on where it ships >>> and what about no-sales-tax states, like New Hampshire??
