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luckyguess asked in Business & FinanceTaxesUnited States · 9 years ago

Can you be charged sales tax for an item bought out of state?

I just bought and xbox 360 on ebay coming out of Minnesota that is trying to charge me NYS sales tax? They can't do that right?

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  • Bobbie
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    YES they can as long as they are a registered sales and use tax collector for the area that you are making this purchase in for this purpose.

    Hope that you find the above enclosed information useful. 06/24/2012

  • tro
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    if you are living in NY and the business place you are buying the box from also has a nexus in NY, of course they can charge sales tax

    if you are buying this from an individual who is in Minn, no they cannot

  • shoredude2
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    If you live in NYS, they certainly can.

  • Slickterp
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Yes they can.

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