weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener) (02/20/86)
I select orders for technical books in a local bookstore. As an employee I get books at cost. My question is: Do I have to pay sales tax on out-of-state books? If I order directly from an out-of-state publisher, I do not pay sales tax, but I do pay list price. The scenario I would like to be true is that the bookstore does not sell books to me, rather that as part of the company persona I am buying directly from the publishers, who happen to be selling to me at a lower price and so I am exempt from sales taxes. The most common situation is getting books from New York. I of course already asked the store but they don't know nor have the time to find out. ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/UCB Math Dept/Berkeley CA 94720
smh@mhuxl.UUCP (henning) (02/22/86)
> I select orders for technical books in a local bookstore. As an > employee I get books at cost. My question is: Do I have to pay > sales tax on out-of-state books? If I order directly from an > out-of-state publisher, I do not pay sales tax, but I do pay list > price. The scenario I would like to be true is that the bookstore > does not sell books to me, rather that as part of the company persona > I am buying directly from the publishers, who happen to be selling to > me at a lower price and so I am exempt from sales taxes. If you make personal checks out to the publisher and get a personal receipt from the publisher, then no problem. Otherwise, unless you are exempt, you have to pay up in Pennsylvania. Your employer could be liable for filing fraudulent returns if he doesn't sell to you in a proper manner. It is not worth the risk unless you can get an opinion from the dept. of revenue that is in your favor.
johansen@agrigene.UUCP (02/24/86)
> > I select orders for technical books in a local bookstore. As an > > employee I get books at cost. My question is: Do I have to pay > > sales tax on out-of-state books? If I order directly from an > > out-of-state publisher, I do not pay sales tax, but I do pay list > > price. The scenario I would like to be true is that the bookstore > > does not sell books to me, rather that as part of the company persona > > I am buying directly from the publishers, who happen to be selling to > > me at a lower price and so I am exempt from sales taxes. > > If you make personal checks out to the publisher and get a personal > receipt from the publisher, then no problem. Otherwise, unless you > are exempt, you have to pay up in Pennsylvania. Your employer could > be liable for filing fraudulent returns if he doesn't sell to you > in a proper manner. It is not worth the risk unless you can get > an opinion from the dept. of revenue that is in your favor. In Wisconsin there is a 'Use Tax?' which requires payment of sales tax to the state of Wisconsin on items purchased tax-exempt from another state.