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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1373595, member: 26302"]If you notice, they state that they will "pay them" by giving you a deduction in the amount of the taxes due. Its a fine line they walk. There is a whole slew of reasoning why it was determined it had to be illegal for companies to pay the sales tax themselves, interesting reading for those interested in tax policy. The interesting thing, though, is every state came to the same conclusion and has the fact the CONSUMER has to pay them as a cornerstone of their Sales and Use tax law.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom line is a company can, "pay your taxes" by giving you a discount equal to them, (just a bit of salesman puffery or a novel way for them to give a discount to sell goods), but its illegal to not itemize sales tax on your invoice, (for them to simply remit the tax themselves).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1373595, member: 26302"]If you notice, they state that they will "pay them" by giving you a deduction in the amount of the taxes due. Its a fine line they walk. There is a whole slew of reasoning why it was determined it had to be illegal for companies to pay the sales tax themselves, interesting reading for those interested in tax policy. The interesting thing, though, is every state came to the same conclusion and has the fact the CONSUMER has to pay them as a cornerstone of their Sales and Use tax law. The bottom line is a company can, "pay your taxes" by giving you a discount equal to them, (just a bit of salesman puffery or a novel way for them to give a discount to sell goods), but its illegal to not itemize sales tax on your invoice, (for them to simply remit the tax themselves).[/QUOTE]
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