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Kathryn E Lee
302-427-6969
1500 SHALLCROSS AVE., #1A
Wilmington, DE
Matthew Paul D'Emilio
302-984-3800
1000 West Street, 10th Floor, P.O. Box 1680
Wilmington, DE
David N Williams
302-575-0873
1201 Orange Street, Suite 600
Wilmington, DE
Gregory J Weinig
302-888-6411
1007 N. ORANGE STREET, P.O. BOX 2207
Wilmington, DE
Miguel D Pena
302-622-4245
919 N. MARKET STREET, P.O. BOX 2323
Wilmington, DE
Scott E Swenson
302-252-4233
1007 North Orange Street, P.O. Box 2207
Wilmington, DE
Miguel David Pena
302-622-4245
Po Box 2323
Wilmington, DE
Maryann Rogers Piper
302-252-4444
Ballard Spahr Andrews Et Al, 919 Market St 12th Floor
Wilmington, DE
David S Eagle
302-552-5508
919 MARKET STREET, SUITE 1000
Wilmington, DE
Anthony J Testa Jr.
302-888-1112
750 SHIPYARD DRIVE, STE 102
Wilmington, DE
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The Use Tax - Collecting Your Own Sales Tax

The Use Tax - Collecting Your Own Sales Tax

If you buy things online, there is a very good chance you are breaking laws in your state. Why? Under the Use Tax, you are supposed to be collecting your own sales tax and sending it in.

The web is fraught with peril for states when it comes to passing laws, tax or otherwise. Why is this? Jurisdiction is the legal term. The primary problem is the sites operating on the web appear everywhere, not just in a particular state. As a result, who has the right to pass laws regarding them?

When SPAM was such a huge problem, the states started passing laws regarding it. A problem quickly arose. When a spammer was caught, which law applied? Was it California, Virginia, New York, Florida and so on? The answer was none of them applied because the nature of the transaction was national. The CAN-SPAM Act was eventually passed and the state laws were terminated.

A similar situation arose with Internet purchases. States wanted to require websites to collect and pay taxes. The sites complained to the courts that this was a huge burden because they would end up having to track, pay and file sales tax returns for each of the 50 states. The Supreme Court agreed and struck down the relevant state laws.

The states have been unable to come up with a solution to go after internet sites, but that doesn't mean they haven't figured out how to go after you! Most have passed something called a "use tax." This is a law that says when you purchase...

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