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[Dale Pontius]

On 07/20/11 09:24, Eric Sharkey wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Tom Bongiorno <two.bits.11 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have been told this many times as if I am involved in some large tax
>> evasion scheme.
> 
> Sorry.  I didn't mean to sound accusatory.
> 
>> I pay ALL of my taxes every year.  Yes, you are correct and
>> I am aware of this.
> 
> Many people aren't aware of this, as the collection of this tax is
> largely unenforced.  I know that my own personal accounting isn't
> rigorous enough to know what my actual out of state purchases for the
> year were.  The state of New York made sure that I paid the use tax
> when I bought a car in New Jersey, but neither state seems to be
> tracking small purchases.  Now that I'm back in NJ again, I buy a lot
> of stuff from New Egg guilt free because the tax issues are handled
> for me.
> 
Here in Vermont the state income tax form has a suggested use fee for
those of us who don't keep good track, and I'll admit that I'm one of
them.  But looking at the numbers, and without detailed records, I
suspect that the suggested use fee might be a little low.

Dale