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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Live in MD, where I'm assuming sales tax is higher than VA? we are in the market to buy furniture.  Does it make sense to drive to VA to purchase? Live inside beltway and could drive to Dulles or fairfax if it makes sense. purchasing about $3K worth of furniture.  [/quote]
You still have to pay Maryland sales tax. Or, if not sales tax, the state's use tax. One way or another, you owe the revenue.[/quote]
Maybe you might owe in some states via a use tax, but as a practical consideration, few people actually pay such use taxes, and the states don't spend much time enforcing the use taxes in this sort of one-off context.[/quote]

The enforcement mechanism is when she fills out the paperwork in the Virginia store. They will charger her MD tax and remit to MD. Unless she lies about her address and gives one in Virginia and doesn't have it delivered.[/quote]
I don't think that's true. From the Maryland web page linked above:
"When you purchase goods from businesses located outside of Maryland, they are not required to collect Maryland's sales tax unless they have a physical location, or deliver services, in Maryland. Also, you are not required to pay the sales tax in the state where the business is located. However, you are required to pay the 6 percent use tax directly to the Comptroller of Maryland by filing the consumer use tax return by the appropriate due date."[/quote]

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