Buying a firearm online
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Sir Diealotz
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Yes you pay local tax just like anything else you buy in state it shipped in state.
wolf_fire
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Technically, you are supposed to send in the tax on any item you buy online to your state.
Recently some states are mandating that companies selling items only collect the sales tax for their individual state.
If you purchase a firearm online from state X and have it shipped to state Y, if state X doesn't tax you at the time of the sale I'd be shocked if the FFL you had it sent to in state Y would collect the tax on the purchase.
Is this a new Arkansas law?
Recently some states are mandating that companies selling items only collect the sales tax for their individual state.
If you purchase a firearm online from state X and have it shipped to state Y, if state X doesn't tax you at the time of the sale I'd be shocked if the FFL you had it sent to in state Y would collect the tax on the purchase.
Is this a new Arkansas law?
It's called a use tax. Every state that has a sales tax also has an equivalent use tax.
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http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/exciseTax/salesanduse/Documents/cu1.pdf
Washington began requiring FFLs to collect the use tax at the time of the firearms transfer because that was one of the very few ways that the state could actually enforce the use tax law.
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http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/exciseTax/salesanduse/Documents/cu1.pdf
Washington began requiring FFLs to collect the use tax at the time of the firearms transfer because that was one of the very few ways that the state could actually enforce the use tax law.
It is nothing new. The use tax was enacted at the same time with the sales tax.
fullauto67
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I have purchased several guns on-line and have not been required to pay tax. I beleive it is the decision of the seller/web site to charge sales tax, but most don't. I would suggest checking your local guns shops for their AR pricing. Currently I see large inventories in almost all the shops I have gone into both here in FL and in other states (I travel quite a good amount and check out the local shops whenever possible for good deals). You may find your home town shops will deal with you and appreciate keeping the purchase in the local community. Plus you don't pay shipping or a transfer fee which can add up to a considerable amount.
That might be all the you actually pay, but the use tax is still due.
