Received a Bill for State Tax on An Amp Bought in Canada Last Year


Wow! The envelope said “Dept of Revenue” so I figured it may be my car tags due. I opened the envelope to find a statement that I owed $665 for “use tax” on an amp I bought last year in June.  Shocked is an understatement. Yes, I bought a used amp from a guy in Canada through A’gon. But I paid the tariff on it. Now they also want tax.  However, the amount they are basing it on is over double what I paid for the amp. But had to send it to Don Sachs for repair a few months later. So I wonder if they are seeing that as a separate purchase rather than a repair. They even charged me $43 interest which is more ridiculous IMO.
So the question...Are you required  to pay tax on a used amp or other used  items? Has anyone else encountered this? Yes, I know the states are cracking down on the sales tax. But on used items? Wow

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If it crosses the state line then it has a connection to the state unless you're advocating for a more federal system without state borders. If you find the laws of the state you're in onerous then change them or move. How about you move to a red southern state without all those nasty "progressives" where you can be free from the nonsense of California, I know how about Tennessee? 
Also - when you contact the Tennessee Dept of Revenue re: the sales tax code there, you may want to also determine if they collect sales tax on sellers who do not have a physical presence in Tennessee.  Many states (if not most states) do not.
  • "Give it a rest Frank or you'll give Admin the impression that since she's a woman, you won't listen."

Aren't you being a bit presumptuous by assuming that it identifies with that pronoun? :-)

Frank
Always with the culture wars. That would never occur to me, but then, I base my thinking on reality. 😄

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