use tax

Out-of-state charge

A use tax is a tax on goods purchased outside a jurisdiction but used within it, complementing sales tax by capturing revenue that would otherwise be lost to out-of-state purchases.

When you buy something online from a retailer that doesn't collect your state's sales tax, you technically owe use tax on that purchase: Few people actually report and pay use tax on their internet purchases.

mechanism

excise

Remove by cutting

  • VATIncremental consumption tax
  • GSTBritish baseline hour
  • levyCompulsory government charge

tariff · duty · percentage · point of sale · nexus · remittance · collection · calculation · rate · threshold

compliance

filing

Storing documents systematically

remittance · reporting · registration · penalty · interest · enforcement · statute of limitations · amnesty · recordkeeping · jurisdiction

jurisdiction

municipal

Of city government

  • countyLocal administrative division
  • districtBounded administrative area
  • nexusConnecting central point

apportionment · multistate · reciprocity · uniformity · boundary · situs · home state

transactions

online shopping

Internet-based retail activity

digital goods · software license

Opposites
type of consumption tax

use taxsales tax

Government percentage on purchases

retail sales tax

tax base/what is taxed

use taxincome tax

Government charge on earnings

property tax · wealth tax · estate tax · capital gains tax · payroll tax

Family

use, tax, used, user, taxing, usage, utility, misuse, reuse

Familiarity
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