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The Tax Man Cometh
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dogrocket Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Sep 19 2002, 7:31 PM EST
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I have just recieved from the State of New Jersey, a letter that want's me to "cough up" $20.00 and change for a box of cigars that I purchased on-line from Connecticuit Valley Tabaconist. I was wondering if Cigarbid submits information to the government on the sales that have been made to us?
jjohnson28 Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Sep 19 2002, 8:57 PM EST
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That sucks! But I don't think so DR,as far as I know both CB and CI are in Bethlehem, PA

Good Luck! JJ
couldITbe Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Sep 20 2002, 2:21 AM EST
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Posts: 201
dogrocket: Hell no!

We submit only sales tax to our state. No customer information of any kind is ever submitted to any state.
Slimboli Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Sep 20 2002, 4:12 AM EST
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Posts: 16,139
Man ... if CI/CB did this, I'd be in deep 'doo-doo'!!!
1goodfellow Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Sep 20 2002, 5:00 AM EST
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There a business expense anyway...Aren't they?
xrundog Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Sep 20 2002, 5:06 AM EST
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Interesting! I buy a lot of stuff online. I have never had to pay taxes of any kind. Ditto for catalog mail order. Can it be legal for NJ to single out cigars? Dogrocket, talk to a tax attorney. Set some legal precedent man!
tsmith283 Offline
#7 Posted: Fri, Sep 20 2002, 5:21 AM EST
Joined: 12-29-2001
Posts: 404
dogrocket,

You sure that letter's legitimate? A lot of sophisticated scams out there, and a lot of suckers not willing to question a State/Government agency for $20.
Hey! Wait a minute! I may have just stumbled on a way to offset my cigar expenses. LOL!
SteveR@CigarBid Offline
#8 Posted: Fri, Sep 20 2002, 5:47 AM EST
Joined: 11-19-2002
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The truth is, the Government is not sure "how" to apply taxes to purchases made on the Internet. There are many reasons that apply to this, with a major reason being:

A customer can be placing an order on a plane flying overseas, while his billing information is in California, and the order is being shipped to Canada. How would one tax this transaction? Believe it or not, this transaction can be taxed by every state that the data "travels" through. Luckily, this is not the case.

It is also "mandatory" that online shoppers report every purchase they make on the internet. However, this is very rarely enforced, as one's total amount of purchases made online are extremely tough to track efficiently.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#9 Posted: Fri, Sep 20 2002, 6:45 AM EST
Joined: 10-01-2000
Posts: 33,248
i would like to fulfil my tax responsibility. to whom do i report my purchases in the internet?
PMoreno349 Offline
#10 Posted: Fri, Sep 20 2002, 7:05 AM EST
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Posts: 665
Uh, Oh...... more anxiety about my purchases.
rayder1 Offline
#11 Posted: Fri, Sep 20 2002, 8:32 AM EST
Joined: 06-02-2002
Posts: 2,226
Shhhh!! Don't tell California!
GetYourOwn Offline
#12 Posted: Fri, Sep 20 2002, 9:42 AM EST
Joined: 04-05-2002
Posts: 734
RICK, Send your taxes to my paypal account and I will deliver them to Crawford,TX.
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