Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!ames!pacbell!att!mcdchg!ddsw1!ddsw1!karl 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 References: <1248@cbnewsd.ATT.COM> Lines: 25 >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.... -- Karl Denninger (karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM,!ddsw1!karl) Public Access Data Line: [+1 312 566-8911], Voice: [+1 312 566-8910] Macro Computer Solutions, Inc. "Quality Solutions at a Fair Price"