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Posted by guv on 04/16/07 23:00
On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 22:44:08 +0100, "Tricky Dicky"
<tricky@nospam.clara.co.uk> wrote:
>
>"guv" <guv69@msn.com> wrote in message
>news:pnh7239p00nm7un418dp4buq3qdiat3gb8@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:52:03 +0100, "Tricky Dicky"
>> <tricky@nospam.clara.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Brian McIlwrath" <bkm@bkmpc.bnsc.rl.ac.uk> wrote in message
>>>news:f004r6$2gb$1@south.jnrs.ja.net...
>>>> Colin Wilson <REMOVEEVERYTHINGBUTnewsgroup@phoenixbbszerospam.co.uk>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> : > Did anyone reclaim the sales tax on the goods and services they
>>>> purchased
>>>> : > once they got back to the UK? I've heard it's possible and as I've
>>>> kept
>>>> : > receipts want to give it a go.
>>>>
>>>> : We've done this for shopping from Canada a couple of times now - if
>>>> : you box clever and get "bundled" hotel packages you can save quite a
>>>> : bit as against paying for them seperately / locally !
>>>>
>>>> For Canada you can reclaim GST (the national tax) very easily via an
>>>> Ottawa
>>>> Government supported scheme - the various Provincial taxes are, AFAIK,
>>>> not reclaimable.
>>>>
>>>> As the USA does NOT have a federal tax like GST - I think you are left
>>>> in a similar position to the Canadian Provincial taxes!
>>>
>>>Are you saying that because I visited four States then I have to apply to
>>>each local taxation office?
>>
>> No he's saying you cant reclaim from any of them!
>
>Bollocks!
>
>I am sure I heard people doing this
The silly thing is - if you buy online from different states - it
seems you avoid paying that other state tax. Seems it works for them
but not externally!
Ive literally just come back last week (after 3 weeks) and bought a
camera - I'd hoped to not pay tax on that - but no joy! ;-(
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