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Author Topic: Taxes refund 4 non-american tourists Miguel Angel Martorell Film Handler Posts: 81 From: Valencia, Spain Registered: Jan 2002 posted 07-03-2003 06:11 AM                     I was told all the products are charged with a tax different for every state. If I´m a non-american tourist can I ask for a refund like happens with the VAT here in Europe for non-europeans tourists?. Un saludo  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 07-03-2003 06:29 AM                     Miguel, the USA does not have a program to refund state taxes since each state and city district controls the revenue and laws. It is not as regulated as in the EU where the taxation is country wide. You will be in California with some of the highest state tax; if you go to Nevada the tax will be zero. Our state taxes at their worst are far less than the average VAT in Europe  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 07-03-2003 07:22 AM                     I'm planning a week or so in Canada shortly after Labour Day. Canada allows non-resident (foreign) visitors to obtain a refund of its GST. You have to spend at least $200 on lodging and/or $50 on goods to qualify.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-03-2003 08:43 AM                     Quote: "You have to spend at least $200 on lodging and/or $50 on goods to qualify." _________________________________________________________________ And then stand in line and wait for hours to get a few dollars back!! If you spend several thousand it might be worth it...... Mark  |  IP: Logged Miguel Angel Martorell Film Handler Posts: 81 From: Valencia, Spain Registered: Jan 2002 posted 07-03-2003 11:12 AM                     Thanks Richard and all of you. I´ll do my shopping in Las Vegas. Un saludo  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 07-03-2003 12:35 PM                        Actually, Nevada does indeed charge a state sales tax, as does Clark County (Las Vegas). Some comparisons: CA, Los Angeles County: 8.25% CA, Orange County: 7.75% NV, Clark County: 7.25% So Miguel will get a small break on purchases. Now if he wanted to work here, Nevada has no state income tax, at least for now. https://www.thewestcoast.net/ssl/whcinnovations/13ge2_02.htm  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-03-2003 01:09 PM                     Technically, even if you are a US citizen or tourist and you travel to another state, there is a way for you to get a refund of your tax from the state you visit BUT the catch is that you have to pay the tax to your home state when you return. Thus, if you get a refund you might end up paying more taxes when you return home. I might imagine that some foriegn visitors would end up paying more taxes upon their return home. Way back in the day, I used to work at a TV store. We had many Canadians who came to the store to buy TVs and things because they were cheaper. However, they had to declare the items at the border and pay high taxes ON TOP of what they already payed. When a person came to me that was from Canada, I would ring up the sale normally but then start a second transaction after the first was done. I would manually enter a price that was lower than the selling price. Then I would pull the receipt out of the printer and cancel the sale at the last second. The person would then have a sales receipt to show the border agents that had a substantially lower price, thus reducing their tax. If you are nice to your sales person, I might imagine he/she would do the same thing for you if you asked.  |  IP: Logged Dave Williams Wet nipple scene Posts: 1836 From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 07-04-2003 12:13 AM                        States and local munincipalities have sales taxes to not just generate revenue from the locals, but from tourists as well. The sales tax is levied at the rate of the location it is sold in, if done in person, or if by mail or internet, theoretically, at the rate of the delivery point or customer point. I do not see where any state would want to part with any sales tax or even provide a way to refund it to anyone if it was collected in accordance with the rules as laid out in the federal charter that provides for the free transport of goods and services across state lines without levy. Dave  |  IP: Logged

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