mccroy - ACTION - Command Center2024-03-29T14:52:40Zhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/mccroySales Taxes paid at home should stay at homehttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/profiles/blogs/sales-taxes-paid-at-home-should-stay-at-home2015-03-30T22:28:08.000Z2015-03-30T22:28:08.000ZOscar Y. Harwardhttps://patriotcommandcenter.org/members/OscarYHarward<div><p><b> </b></p><p><b>By Oscar Y. Harward</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>In placing out-of-state purchases on the Internet, North Carolina’s and associated local county/city governments receive their appropriate portion of the applicable sales tax</b> <b>based on the home</b> <b>purchasers’ home address origination.</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>On the other hand, when I purchase a product via telephone in NC, the sales taxes are distributed to the county/city</b> <b>government(s); based on the businesses address location; not the purchasers’ home address origination.</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>If a salesperson calls on you at home, purchased applicable local sales taxes go to the county/city government(s); based on the applicable businesses address location; not the purchasers’ home address origination.</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>When you and I purchase products in person from our homes, on the telephone, on the Internet, etc., the applicable local sales taxes should go the county/city of purchasers’ home address origination.</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>Sales taxes paid on purchased products in a store you visit in another county should continue as with the current county/city government sales tax distribution.</b></p><p><b> </b></p><p><b>New legislation is essential in correcting an overdue wrong by providing working men and women of NC and their local governments</b> <b>a fairer way to assure that ‘sales taxes paid at home stay at home’.</b></p><p></p></div>