vikingshadow
02-04-2007, 08:23 AM
Anyone else in states other than Oklahoma have to pay Use Tax? I'm so upset right now, it's ridiculous! This is just another way a pissed off goverment gets money from our pockets!
For those who don't know, in Oklahoma, a Use Tax is a "tax" the State charges for buying things off the internet since they can't get tax out of the internet vender. In Oklahoma, they usually use a formula, something like your total income times .000035. Now, I buy a lot of stuff on the internet, simply because it's not available locally, and this "Use Tax" has pissed a LOT of people off besides me. They're actually MAKING us pay more for not beinig lucky enough to live in a part of the state where we can actually drive a few blocks and pick it up.
Oh, by the way, my brother buys even MORE stuff off the net than I do, and he tried to say "No" to the Use Tax this year, and it put in the "average estimate" anyways! I shouldn't complain, because his expense was a LOT more than mine was. Either way, we have to pay this stupid tax.
I'm really irritated about this because not only do you have to pay shipping and handling charges to the vender, but then you have to try and keep track of it for tax season and pay more on top of that. Normally, I'd say go to a local business and buy it and save the S&H, but out here in bumsexualterm Egypt, you have to travel 300 miles to find things you actually need. I buy professional books, magazines, CDs and DVDs, and much more expensive paintball things of the internet, so I'm a regular user.
Now, I had to pay $400.00 to the wonderful State of Oklahoma last year in taxes (on an Oklahoma teacher and state employee salary, no less!) so I decided this year to have an additional $50.00 a month taken out of my paycheck for state taxes. Before I go further, one thing you should know is that Oklahoma has one of the highest tax bills from it's people in the nation, which is bad considering we're always hovering around 48th or so in average income in the nation. Our legislators, by the way are within the top 5-7 paid in the nation, last I heard. Sounds fair, doesn't it? When you talk about the "rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer" you can actually use Oklahoma as a model for this!
Anywho, all was going well until that stupid "Use Tax" came up. Up until this point, we were actually going to GET BACK $22.00 from Oklahoma, but my estimated "Use Tax" was $33.00, so yes, I have to pay $11.00 to the state. Now, I'll wait until April 16th to pay it (tax day is usually the 15th, but it falls on a Sunday this year) and you can bet I'll be looking for a way to get past it anyway, without lying, that I can.
I'm old and disgruntled, and if I could, I'd move to another state just because of the tax bill around here. It wouldn't be so bad, but NONE of the money they get is used in ways it should be. And the State of Oklahoma wonders why it can't get people to stay in the state, nor businesses to build here.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
For those who don't know, in Oklahoma, a Use Tax is a "tax" the State charges for buying things off the internet since they can't get tax out of the internet vender. In Oklahoma, they usually use a formula, something like your total income times .000035. Now, I buy a lot of stuff on the internet, simply because it's not available locally, and this "Use Tax" has pissed a LOT of people off besides me. They're actually MAKING us pay more for not beinig lucky enough to live in a part of the state where we can actually drive a few blocks and pick it up.
Oh, by the way, my brother buys even MORE stuff off the net than I do, and he tried to say "No" to the Use Tax this year, and it put in the "average estimate" anyways! I shouldn't complain, because his expense was a LOT more than mine was. Either way, we have to pay this stupid tax.
I'm really irritated about this because not only do you have to pay shipping and handling charges to the vender, but then you have to try and keep track of it for tax season and pay more on top of that. Normally, I'd say go to a local business and buy it and save the S&H, but out here in bumsexualterm Egypt, you have to travel 300 miles to find things you actually need. I buy professional books, magazines, CDs and DVDs, and much more expensive paintball things of the internet, so I'm a regular user.
Now, I had to pay $400.00 to the wonderful State of Oklahoma last year in taxes (on an Oklahoma teacher and state employee salary, no less!) so I decided this year to have an additional $50.00 a month taken out of my paycheck for state taxes. Before I go further, one thing you should know is that Oklahoma has one of the highest tax bills from it's people in the nation, which is bad considering we're always hovering around 48th or so in average income in the nation. Our legislators, by the way are within the top 5-7 paid in the nation, last I heard. Sounds fair, doesn't it? When you talk about the "rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer" you can actually use Oklahoma as a model for this!
Anywho, all was going well until that stupid "Use Tax" came up. Up until this point, we were actually going to GET BACK $22.00 from Oklahoma, but my estimated "Use Tax" was $33.00, so yes, I have to pay $11.00 to the state. Now, I'll wait until April 16th to pay it (tax day is usually the 15th, but it falls on a Sunday this year) and you can bet I'll be looking for a way to get past it anyway, without lying, that I can.
I'm old and disgruntled, and if I could, I'd move to another state just because of the tax bill around here. It wouldn't be so bad, but NONE of the money they get is used in ways it should be. And the State of Oklahoma wonders why it can't get people to stay in the state, nor businesses to build here.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: