Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!dptg!att!cbnewsd!alt From: alt@cbnewsd.ATT.COM (art.l.todesco) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: MAIL ORDER IN IL is DEAD. Keywords: Mail Order Sales Tax Message-ID: <1248@cbnewsd.ATT.COM> Date: 18 Aug 89 17:57:45 GMT Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17 > Here is some info for you folks in other states: > Our Gov. just signed into law that all mail order places must withhold > the 6 1/4% IL state tax. (Starts Jan 1, 90) I just got a "friendly" letter from the IL State Revenue Dept. demanding that I pay sales tax on a camcorder that I bought from a NY mail order place in April, 1988. The letter states that I can pay the tax + penalties if I don't contest it. If I do contest, it is tax + penalties + more + more + more + ...... Does anyone know my legal rights in IL on this subject? They do site a state- ment made on the previous state income tax form concerning the subject. Apparently, according to the form, the law is already on the books and even though there is no way to collect the tax, they are trying to use this letter tactic. Art Todesco att!ihlpf!alt