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Abram · 03-12-2008, 06:59 AM

I have done some reading and research and now I am going to ask the question. If you are buying a firearm from a licensed dealer what are the tax requirements? I know that if you buy in state over the internet there are state taxes but what about across state lines? Thank you for any and all help.

**vetsvette** · 03-12-2008, 07:02 AM

I live in VA. Bought my XD45 from FL. No sales tax. Bought my XD40 from KY. Ditto.

CharlieHo · 03-12-2008, 07:02 AM

Just like buying anything else... across state line=no state taxes

ksxddriver · 03-12-2008, 07:03 AM

I have bought several guns over the internet, and to date I haven't had to pay taxes on the gun if you are ordering it out of state. If you are purchasing the gun on the net inside the same state, you will have to pay taxes on the purchase. Most of the time dealers will have an extra handling or packing fee, but if bought out of state you shouldn't half to pay taxes. FYI

Mercmar · 03-12-2008, 09:47 AM

If you buy on the internet from a business that has a location in your state, then they'll usually charge you sales taxes.

Abram · 03-12-2008, 01:55 PM

Thanks fellas.

XD45ACP · 03-13-2008, 06:04 AM

Some states, like Alabama, ask you on your state income tax form if you purchased anything across state lines and let you pay the sales tax on it then. It's on the honor system. So, if you don't report it, you don't pay it.

I've never paid sales tax on anything I've purchased from another state, including firearms.

03-12-2008, 06:59 AM	#1
Abram XDTalk Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 36	Taxes and buying firearms over the internet I have done some reading and research and now I am going to ask the question. If you are buying a firearm from a licensed dealer what are the tax requirements? I know that if you buy in state over the internet there are state taxes but what about across state lines? Thank you for any and all help.

03-12-2008, 07:02 AM	#2
vetsvette XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: south central VA Posts: 212	I live in VA. Bought my XD45 from FL. No sales tax. Bought my XD40 from KY. Ditto. __________________ USAF 1966-1988 Stress Is: The confusion created when ones mind overrides the body's basic desire to choke the living $h1t out of some a$$h@le who desperately needs it.

03-12-2008, 07:02 AM	#3
CharlieHo XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Fairmont, WV Posts: 514	Just like buying anything else... across state line=no state taxes __________________ "The philosophy of gun control: Teenagers are roaring through town at 90 MPH, where the speed limit is 25. Your solution is to lower the speed limit to 20." - Sam Cohen, inventor of the Neutron Bomb

03-12-2008, 09:47 AM	#5
Mercmar XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,636	If you buy on the internet from a business that has a location in your state, then they'll usually charge you sales taxes. Last edited by Mercmar : 03-12-2008 at 06:17 PM.

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03-12-2008, 07:03 AM	#4
ksxddriver XDTalk Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Just moved to Georgia Posts: 70	I have bought several guns over the internet, and to date I haven't had to pay taxes on the gun if you are ordering it out of state. If you are purchasing the gun on the net inside the same state, you will have to pay taxes on the purchase. Most of the time dealers will have an extra handling or packing fee, but if bought out of state you shouldn't half to pay taxes. FYI

03-12-2008, 01:55 PM	#6
Abram XDTalk Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 36	Thanks fellas.

03-13-2008, 06:04 AM	#7
XD45ACP XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mobile, AL Posts: 184	Some states, like Alabama, ask you on your state income tax form if you purchased anything across state lines and let you pay the sales tax on it then. It's on the honor system. So, if you don't report it, you don't pay it. I've never paid sales tax on anything I've purchased from another state, including firearms.