Why does guitar center charge sales tax

I'm friends with the number 2 man in the store so it doesn't really matter. I of course don't like Peavey so I wouldn't do that. Not all. So, generally if you stick to your guns or you know the manager half of the list price is always the best starting place for buying in GC.

I'm not talking about walking to the accessory section and demanding you buy a pack of Ernie Ball's for what the store paid for them. But, to get back on the OP's question, paying less than the advertised price is the best way to effectively cancel sales tax and then some.

Hope this helps. UHHH sorry dude gotta charge sales tax.. Is there any way to avoid paying tax on a GuitarCenter. Start new topic. Recommended Posts. Posted December 2, Most orders shipped via standard shipping will arrive is just 5 business days. No delivery on weekends.

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What should you not do at Guitar Center? Don't pull up right next to somebody else and plug into the amp next to them. If the retailer has no nexus in that other state and the goods are shipped by the seller, then the seller shouldn't collect sales tax for his own state. Counts as an out of state sale. Regardless of whether the customer pays or not, the retailer owes the tax where delivery is in a state where they have sufficient presence for personal jurisdiction.

Thus their interest in passing that charge along. So a customer of a large firm may end up being charged tax where that firm has branches in their state. And not charged by another retailer that doesn't have such contacts with their state. The inequity gets addressed by "use tax" laws requiring individuals to pay a tax on items they have shipped into their state for their personal use.

Payment is generally voluntary, but required. No inspector comes to the door to look for mail order items. In practice, almost nobody pays this. It's sometimes difficult or impossible to find someone to pay it to!

Big ticket items requiring registration or titling e. From a consumer's viewpoint, this mishmash is bound to appear capricious and confusing. So GC and other large companies with stores all over have to pay s So you're correct: "I'm not sure why it may subject to sales tax, is there anything relate to the fact that Guitarcenter also has many stores in CA but Guitarrodeo has only one store in MN?

I always understand that if i buy things online or by phone from store in different state, I don't have to pay tax at all " This isn't quite right on the principles above. It's not the ordering method, it's that nexus in your state. Thing will get more fun as states try to reach agreements to collect sales tax for each other.

Streamlined tax initiative? Something like that. So ordering a guitar strap will involve a small retailer having to check the tax in East Podunk, WI just outside Green Bay and collect that tax, then somehow magically arrange to send that tax to WI.

I don't see how it will fly, but the governments are always working on extracting cash. The short answer is that because there is a guitar center in CA, you have to pay sales tax regardless of which guitar center your order from.

Walking into a store with an out of state check won't keep you from paying sales tax either. It was purchased in the store. To not pay sales tax the item has to be delievered to a state where that company does not have a physical presence. CA will most likely want you to report and pay it "use tax".

Originally Posted by nonameguitar. Just because you've argued someone into silence doesn't mean you have convinced them. Guitarrodeo has no presence in California therefore if you buy from them and have it shipped to a California address there is no sales tax. GC has a presence in California so no matter which GC you buy from you must pay sales tax.

If you live in California and go to Guitarrodeo or some simliar out of state company that has no California presence of any kind, you can buy the guitar without paying sales tax but that store can not let you take it with you or they would be in big trouble if they are caught. It must be shipped to your California address and the store has to keep the record of it being shipped there if they are audited. The only way to avoid paying sales tax is to buy from a company in another state that has no presence of any kind - not even subsidiaries or partner companies - in your own state - and have it shipped to you there.

Many companies include free shipping on guitars - especially higher priced ones they sell by mail - but not all. Both the retailer and the producer must keep on file for four years a copy of the tax exemption certificate. Retailers may advertise exemptions. Studios need to provide a supplier with either an exemption or resale certificate on qualifying purchases. Resale requires a Comptroller Tax ID number; exemption certificates do not.

If a studio uses the tape for producing a master and then sells that tape and the services provided to make the master tape , the tape is still tax exempt. One scenario: studio buys blank tape from supplier; band then buys this blank tape from the studio; this purchase is still tax exempt. Copies of master tapes used to supply radio stations with jingles are taxable.

If the band itself directly buys tape, they need to provide tape supplier with an exemption certificate stating its use is for master recording. If a band plans to sell its own record, they need to get a resale certificate from the Comptroller of Public Accounts for the records they sell. If a studio has been exempting clients but has no paperwork to document those exemptions, they need to go back to October 1, and secure completed exemption certificates for those clients.

A taxable rental also occurs if studio personnel merely render incidental services such as maintenance and repair or if equipment is rented to the producer for use at a location other than the studio. A separately stated charge for an operator is not taxable.