I have had this questions asked upon me several times now. If I have a customer who lives out of state and I ship to him, he does not pay the 7% NJ sales tax. But, I have customers who come into the NJ store, want to buy today in the NJ store and ask this inane question:
"If I live out of state, do I still have to pay sales tax?"
Of course you do! The state of NJ only cares that you are buying products in the state of NJ. They want their cut! If you order now, go home and I ship it to you, you don't pay for it, so why would anyone in their right mind think that if they don't live here they don't have to pay sales tax when they buy here?
This is why New Jerseyans go to Pennsylvania to buy cars. The sales tax is cheaper in their state. This is why New Yorkers come to New Jersey to buy liquor. The sales tax is cheaper in our state. Everything is cheaper in NJ than in NY like gas, food, restaurants...
Could you imagine every person with an out-of-state license demanding that they don't pay sales tax in your store? Ridiculous!
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