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Message:: [QUOTE="harrync, post: 2703296, member: 58588"]North Carolina [despite all the other ways the legislature has screwed up] has a very reasonable solution to sales tax on out-of-state purchases. Any untaxed transaction over $1000 you have to report and pay the tax of about 6%. On transactions under $1000, you have two choices: keep track of every purchase, and pay the approximate 6% tax on the total; or pay a "safe harbor" amount based on your gross  income - about one-tenth of one percent of gross income [that is, they figure taxpayers spend on average about 2% of income on untaxed out-of-state purchases.]  So if you spend more than 2% on untaxed out-of-state purchases, you can come out way ahead. ["Safe harbor" means that if you pay that one-tenth of one percent of gross income when you file your state income tax, they can't come after you for more use tax even if you spent 100% of your income on untaxed out-of-state purchases.][/QUOTE]