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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: MAIL ORDER IN IL is DEAD.
Keywords: Mail Order Sales Tax
Message-ID: <[24ed985a:5081.1]comp.ibmpc;1@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 19 Aug 89 18:00:02 GMT
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>Item 5081 (0 resps) by alt at cbnewsd.ATT.COM on Fri 18 Aug 89 19:16
>[art.l.todesco]    Subject: MAIL ORDER IN IL is DEAD.
>
>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.

How did they find out about the camcorder sale in the first place?  I'd like
to know how states are discovering this information.......  I can't think of
a reason for a business to voluntarially give out this information to the
states involved, nor can I come up with a way for a state such as Illinois
to force a NY business to divulge the info....

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