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

Money in the US is whatever Congress regulates it to be. If Congress decides clay bricks engraved with appropriate seals is the money of the United States then that’s it. There is nothing in the constitution that demands gold and silver be money, the constitution only says Congress has the authority to coin money and regulate the value thereof. Constitutionally speaking.

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And I do believe that Article 1, section 8 clearly spells that out:

The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and

general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;

To borrow money on the credit of the United States;

To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures;

To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States;

I left out anything not germane to taxation.

All the best,
Nonoise

What alt right idiot took issue with a direct quote from the Constitution of the United States regarding taxation, and only taxation? It had nothing to do with politics and everything to do with the OPs question.

We've got some really sick puppies here.

All the best,
Nonoise

This quote from the reference just sited,

”The Sales Tax does not apply to casual and isolated sales by persons who are not, or who have been deemed by the Commissioner not to be engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property or furnishing any of the services subject to the Sales or Use Tax. The Sales Tax, likewise, does not apply to sales of tangible personal property or taxable services not normally sold by a dealer and which has been used by the dealer prior to the sale; this exemption however, does not apply to any sales of tangible personal property or taxable services bought upon a resale certificate for resale by those persons who hold themselves out as engaged in business, notwithstanding the fact that the sales may be few and infrequent. The exemption also does not apply to the casual and isolated sale of aircraft , vessels and motor vehicles which are required to be registered by the State of Tennessee or the U.S. Government.”

Unless this amp was purchased from a business selling new and used goods, the tax is not owed.  If purchased from a fellow audiophile who does not run a retail business, then no tax is owed. 

TN looks to have weird taxes I wouldn't say one way or the other. I would certainly contest it though.