I just bought a Rothbard shirt and two short books from the LvMI store, and I had to pay 0$ tax, how come, I’m not a US Citizen so I don’t know everything about US tax laws, but what I know is that I have to pay tax on cheetos from 7/11 in the US, how come I had to pay no taxes at all for the stuff from LvMI?
Anyway, it’s awesome that I didn’t have to, but I just wanna know the reason. [:)]
I think it may have to do with the LvMI being considered a non-profit organization. But don’t quote me on it.
I think it has to do solely with the fact that the State of Alabama has chosen not to enforce the sales tax on internet vendors.
LvMI may not be setup to collect taxes for others states, and thus if you are outside Alabama, you might not be a target for that state’s tax. I know when I buy from the LvMI store, I do not pay tax as a foreigner who is receiving the goods outside the US.
However, I am responsible for paying my domestic provinicial (state) and federal sales taxes when it gets here. Funny how my government takes a cut of someone else’s transaction, isn’t it?
I live in PA, and I didn’t pay any tax on Democracy: The God that Failed when I bought it this past summer.
I had it ship to California.
Probably it’s that sales tax thingy, where only consumers in the state of the business has to pay tax (and N.Y.).