"**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY**" <rhyolite[at]nettally.com> wrote:

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triple. you had to earn more than $30 to get to spend
that $30.

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Seth Breidbart wrote:

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Yes. Sales tax is based on the 10$. And you pay it on the spot.

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Yes. Sales tax based on actual selling price. Ditto ; pay it

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Ah.. the kicker. In this case sales tax is charged on
actual selling price I think. the 10$ off acts as
reduction of selling price. At least that's the way I would
interpret it.

Sales tax laws sometimes seem more complicated than income
tax laws, if that is possible. All sorts of exemptions and
inclusions. Any of my retail clients might call me any day
to ask such a question relating to either Alabama or Georgia
sales tax.

ChEAr$,
Harlan

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"Seth Breidbart" <sethb[at]panix.com> wrote:

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Anyplace I've ever lived you'd owe sales tax on the gross
retail price of the merchandise you bought, regardless of
how you paid for it.

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Phil Marti
Clarksburg, MD

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Suppose instead of a $10 coupon, they gave me a coupon good
for a free tube of toothpaste (that happens to cost $10
normally). Would it then be taxable?

What if the coupon is a free "any item whose price isn't
above $10"?

What if it's "$10 off any item whose price is above $10"?

Seth

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**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY** wrote:

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Yes.

they may call it a "rebate", but it is actually a
kickback.... uh... make that "spiff" of sorts and does not
act to reduce your cost, hence Florida wants sales tax on
the 30$.

Now you have the 10$ coupon. When you spend it, for
anything, whether for same product or toothpaste, that is a
separate sale as far as Floridy is concerned.

ChEAr$,
Harlan Lunsford, EA n LA

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**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY** at rhyolite[at]nettally.com wrote:

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As far as FL is concerned you bought taxable goods. They
don't care how you paid for them.

All freely provided advice guarantee correct or double your
money back

Frank S. Duke, Jr. CPA
Cincinnati, OH USA

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"**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY**" <rhyolite[at]nettally.com> wrote

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Two separate sales. The sales tax applies to each
transaction separately.

--
Paul A. Thomas, CPA
Athens, Georgia
taxman at negia.net

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**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY** wrote:

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Absolutely. Seems crazy, but why can't the store just reduce
the price of the first item to $20, and forget the rebate
BS? Reason? A lot of people never send for the rebate or
don't use the coupons! Of course, the state tax office
ALWAYS gets their cut.

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"**THE-RFI-EMI-GUY**" <rhyolite[at]nettally.com> wrote:

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Probably. I don't know Florida sales tax law, but
everywhere I've ever lived sales tax is applied to the total
purchase, with coupons being applied after.

Your subject line indicates you're seeing this as double
taxation of $10. I see it as single taxation of $40 worth
of goods.

--
Phil Marti
Clarksburg, MD

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Probably, most of these type of rebates or refunds say (in
the fine print) that you are responsible for any sales tax
that may be due.

Missy Doyle

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I go to the CVS drug store and buy a $30 item. Clerk adds
6.5% FL state sales tax and issues an in store rebate for
$10. Two weeks later I use rebate coupon and get charged
6.5% on top of my purchases. Is this correct?

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Joe Leikhim K4SAT
"The RFI-EMI-GUY"

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