Nordstrom and Saks SA who don't charge tax
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I NEVER pay tax at all. As long as you send to diff. address and diff. name than said on billing statment, you will not pay taxes. I live in FL and order my Chanel from NM Chicago and ship to my office. If you want I can give you name of SA I deal in Chicago.
This has been my experience.
Although I do remember buying something at Macy's here in CA, shipping to my mother in NY and not paying tax.
Although I do remember buying something at Macy's here in CA, shipping to my mother in NY and not paying tax.
It depends actually. For example, I was looking for a particular MAC product that wasn't available near me. A fellow tPFer gave me the phone number of her local Dillards where it was available. I called them and did a charge send. I was charged tax because there are Dillards stores in my state. However, if I did a charge send from a store like Saks, I wouldn't be charged tax, because there are no Saks stores in my state.
i did a charge send from two different saks stores and they both didn't charge me tax but theres a saks in my state
That is what I understood as well.. not quite sure how these
purchases are being done without appropriate state tax .. thought
that the computer does recognize the info automatically..
and understand that now BG is part of NM so tax is supposed
to be charged.. know that clothes and shoes are not taxable
in NJ and up to a certain amount here in NY there is not tax
There is a Nordies in Portland. No sales tax in Oregon, but I don't know if they collect when doing a charge send. I have only purchased in person.
Like Thithi -- I have also bought many times from Saks out of state in order to pay no sales tax. I don't know why they don't because they are supposed to collect when the store has a presence in the purchaser's state. (but I'm not about to point that out or do more research!!)
I also do charge sends (from many other retailers) from Texas which does not have sales tax. The Neiman-Marcus stores there have never charged me sales tax when mailing to California.
Like Thithi -- I have also bought many times from Saks out of state in order to pay no sales tax. I don't know why they don't because they are supposed to collect when the store has a presence in the purchaser's state. (but I'm not about to point that out or do more research!!)
I also do charge sends (from many other retailers) from Texas which does not have sales tax. The Neiman-Marcus stores there have never charged me sales tax when mailing to California.
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I have had items shipped from Nordstroms in Portland and they will charge sales tax if you (1) have a nordstroms in your state and (2) your state has a sales tax for the item. Saks Fifth Avenue stores are not incorporated under 1 company like Nordies so depending on which one you order from and where it is going you may or may not have to pay sales tax.
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Well, definately an instore/inperson purchase at Nordies Portland has not been taxed in the past, from my experience. Relatives cross "the border" all the time for shopping excursions - Ha
I wanted to add that not all N-Ms are tax free on the charge-sends (again from experience). I had ordered two of the same bags in different colors to compare IRL; one from a SA in the DC area, one a SA from Fort Worth. The tax charges were local (0 for Texas, $$ for DC) and I used my N-M card w/ shipping to my home address, so there was no mystery about where anything was going.
Well, definately an instore/inperson purchase at Nordies Portland has not been taxed in the past, from my experience. Relatives cross "the border" all the time for shopping excursions - Ha
I wanted to add that not all N-Ms are tax free on the charge-sends (again from experience). I had ordered two of the same bags in different colors to compare IRL; one from a SA in the DC area, one a SA from Fort Worth. The tax charges were local (0 for Texas, $$ for DC) and I used my N-M card w/ shipping to my home address, so there was no mystery about where anything was going.
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Think about it this way: if you try to make the same purchase on Saks's or Nordie's website and you get charged sales tax, then you should be paying sales tax on the same item when you do a charge send. However, certain SAs are very very nice and do not charge sales tax when shipping out of state.
Whether or not you are charged sales tax depends on:
a) the state that you're shipping to (is there sales tax in that state?) and
b) the store you're purchasing from (does that store have another store or office located in the state from which you're shipping?).
If it's yes and yes, then you technically should be paying sales tax.
Whether or not you are charged sales tax depends on:
a) the state that you're shipping to (is there sales tax in that state?) and
b) the store you're purchasing from (does that store have another store or office located in the state from which you're shipping?).
If it's yes and yes, then you technically should be paying sales tax.
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Well, definately an instore/inperson purchase at Nordies Portland has not been taxed in the past, from my experience. Relatives cross "the border" all the time for shopping excursions - Ha
I wanted to add that not all N-Ms are tax free on the charge-sends (again from experience). I had ordered two of the same bags in different colors to compare IRL; one from a SA in the DC area, one a SA from Fort Worth. The tax charges were local (0 for Texas, $$ for DC) and I used my N-M card w/ shipping to my home address, so there was no mystery about where anything was going.
I did not know this! Good to know.
This.
It's also very stupid to post which SAs/stores do you a favor by "forgetting" to charge you your local sales tax. Someone from their state's revenue department could in theory see it and open an audit on that store. They won't go after YOU, but the stores receive a pretty huge fine if caught abusing the tax laws.
Agreed. It if happens...great. I would never ask an SA in advance to do such a favor nor would I ever ask them to repeat such a favor. This request for an tax-free SA is very different than a request for a good SA. And as we all know, the dept stores do read the TPF threads.
For the record, it is any store that has a "retail presence" in your state, not just states where there is a physical store.
For example, there are no Apple stores in Vermont, but best buy and some smaller local resellers sell Apple, so there is still sales tax when ordering direct from Apple.
Same goes if there's no physical store but the company keeps a warehouse in your state.
For example, there are no Apple stores in Vermont, but best buy and some smaller local resellers sell Apple, so there is still sales tax when ordering direct from Apple.
Same goes if there's no physical store but the company keeps a warehouse in your state.