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0 pointstzs7y ago0 comments

That's no longer correct. In the South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. case [1] in June 2018 the Supreme Court overturned its earlier case that prevented states from requiring out-of-state mail order/online merchants to collect sales tax on sales to residents of those states.

B&H is now collecting tax for sales to customers in states that have post-Wayfair tax laws enacted, which is around 3/4 of the states.

Most of the states that have not yet done so will be doing so soon. California's goes into effect 2019-04-01, so those of you from California have until then to get your tax-free online shopping done.

Here's a page with the status for each state [2]. Here's another useful page [3] with per state info.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota_v._Wayfair,_Inc.

[2] https://taxcloud.net/topics/States%20News%20and%20Informatio...

[3] https://www.avalara.com/us/en/learn/nexus/find_your_nexus.ht...

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post_break7y ago

So my comment is still correct. They don't charge tax, currently.

tzsOP7y ago

The DO charge currently if you are in Alabama, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, or Wisconsin.

In a few others they do not charge but they warn you that they report the sale to your state's tax authority, which could make it hard to avoid paying your state's use tax.