Sales Tax on out of state purchase

Similarly I lived in a border town and people used to go over to ny to get better deals on appliances etc. As i recall ny would audit their books and send use tax bills to out of state
customers.

Sorry, I haven't figured out how to use the quote thing yet!

JDD33 wrote: So I guess the grey area would be if I bought the boat over the phone or internet, and had it shipped up here. Then would it fall under the regulations of say Amazon or Ebay? Or if you buy on line at N3 do you pay sales tax? Ski dim? Overtons?

John,we in Illinois are required on our state income tax return to volunteer how much we spent for the year on Internet purchases and pay the appropriate tax--------

I just went through this with a trailer I bought in Florida. I even called NC DMV who said I should not pay the tax. However Florida law requires you to pay the sales tax /user free in FL. Then when you register it in your state they collect the money from FL. You do not pay the tax twice. The trick is do not pay more tax than what you pay in your state. I had to sign paperwork stating that I am registering the trailer in NC which has a tax less than FL. If you PM me I can send you reference to the FL code and a letter the dealership got from the the state of FL.

Tube top tax always ends up like double indemnity

I'm with Gary. When I I purchased my 87 SN from N3 I needed to pay the Indiana sales tax because they are a dealer and the transaction was in Indy. They provided me withe the paper work saying that I had already paid the sales tax. When I went to register here in Mass. I didn't need to pay any sales tax just the registration and title fee. What I did discover was that if the sales tax paid was lower than the the state you live in or are registering the boat in you have to pay the difference. If it's higher you loose! Indy is 6.5 and Mass is 6.25%. So I overpaid by .25%
With a private sale ,as all my other boats have been,I was responsible for the bill of sale with the price paid for the boat thus determining the sales tax.

Nice American tuber..... I mean Skier..

Pay phones aren't the easiest thing to find these days! Hopefully they can clear it up pretty quick since you are dealing with a government employee!

Another example, in 2005 I bought a boat from a dealer in Wisconsin who charged me their 5% state sales tax, when I registered/titled in Illinois I paid Illinois 1.5%, total tax paid on purchase was = Illinois 6.5% state sales tax. Buying used I have never paid tax until registration/title time.

I think this is your out:

A boat sold by or through a registered dealer or broker to a purchaser who is a nonresident of Florida at the time of taking delivery of the boat in Florida is exempt

Even though it doesn't say "Private party" I think broker could be inturpretted pretty loosely

Same as in Maine. I've never heard of having to pay 2 sales tax on the same purchase. You usually pay the state where you register your boat.

I agree with Joe - in WI, IL and IA, you show up with a bill of sale and title, you pay your sales tax and get your registration and probably a title tax and get the reissued title. I don't know why you would have to pay sales tax to FL unless you were going to keep it registered there. Maybe the seller (assuming that is who gave you the information) assumed you were going to register in FL.

I am in SC and have been looking at boast out of state. I read something online about Florida that pretty much sounds like I have to contact the state after purchase and pay a sales tax, even though Im moving the boat to SC. Does anyone know if this is correct and if the buyer is responsible for it? If so, Im assuming every state is different on whether you have to pay that state or not?