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Message:: [QUOTE="Kasia, post: 1371586, member: 31533"]Just a reminder. Although if you purchase an item in a different state (so to avoid sales taxes, etc.), legally most states have a USE tax that is equal to a sales tax amount that you are legally obligated to pay for having something you USE (or maintain) in your home state. So technically you would probably owe the same amount. [h=3]What is use tax?[/h]The use tax is a tax due on purchases, leases, and rentals of tangible personal property and certain digital property purchased, leased or rented inside or outside this State for storage, use, or consumption in North Carolina. The use tax is also due on taxable services sourced to North Carolina. The use tax is paid to the North Carolina Department of Revenue by the purchaser when the North Carolina tax has not been collected by the seller.[h=3]"What is the use tax rate?[/h]The use tax is calculated at the same rate as the <a href="http://www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/taxrates.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dornc.com/taxes/sales/taxrates.html" rel="nofollow">sales tax</a>." (from <a href="http://www.dornc.com/faq/use.html#use" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dornc.com/faq/use.html#use" rel="nofollow">http://www.dornc.com/faq/use.html#use</a>) Weird but true.[/QUOTE]