[GNC] Automatic sales tax

[Michael or Penny Novack]

On 2/28/2022 2:50 AM, Sebastian Naumann wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> sorry, but I tend to disagree with your statement that "[...] most 
> states consider the location of the seller to be the nexus...". 
> Actually the second part of the statement is correct: Most states are 
> destination based, meaning the location of the buyer is relevant. 
> There you will have to keep in mind the economic nexus thresholds as 
> well, meaning if you have x transactions / $x of Gross sales per a 
> certain period in the destination state, you will have to register there.
>
> Have a great day and please correct me here if you believe that I am 
> wrong.

I think that is perhaps confusion more than right/wrong.

In remote sales (internet, etc.)  it is the location of the buyer.

But if not a remote sale, if person living in state A buys something at 
a seller in state B (and state B has sales tax) collected based on that. 
Now the buyer might still owe sales tax to state A when bringing the 
whatever home. When they pay that on their state return, they can claim 
credit for the sales tax (if any) already paid for that thing to state B.

Living as I do in a state which has sales tax and has a neighboring 
state that does not, I am of course very familiar with this. People 
living in my state A close to the border often intentionally shop in 
state B, especially for small things they can get away with not 
reporting. It is also why state A has a special way of checking that 
sales tax is paid on big ticket items like vehicles (proof of sales tax 
needed for registering the vehicle).

Michael  Novack