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Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

There are four CDs on iTunes that I'm planning to buy this Friday. Those CDs bring the subtotal to "$39.96 + applicable sales tax". They conveniently don't tell you what the applicable sales tax is until you buy it.

The problem is I don't own a credit or debit card. All of my purchases on iTunes are made with the prepaid cards. I plan on buying a $30 and $15 card, but I'd be really pissed if I bought those and the total of the CDs came to be over $45.

So, does anybody know how much tax they'd add on to a $39.96 order on iTunes?

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

They do it from your zip code (I think). What is your local sales tax rate?

[ December 14, 2004, 05:30 PM: Message edited by: katharina ]

Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :

Unless your sales tax rate is obscenely high (more than 10%), you're fine with $45. And yeah, I'm pretty sure it's done using your local tax rate.

Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

Oh, I didn't know that.

Well, I believe 8.65 is the rate right now. So that means I should get by with $45, but just barely. [Angst]

Thanks, both of you.

[ December 14, 2004, 05:40 PM: Message edited by: Da_Goat ]

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

mmmnosalestax NH [Big Grin]

Posted by Da_Goat (Member # 5529) on :

mack, I hate your state, and all that it represents, including my relatives. [Smile]

Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :

I'm not a fan either - we're looking at a 9.25% sales tax soon. [Mad]

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

I love you too, Goat. [Big Grin]

Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :

I think we're 6.75 or something to that effect, but that doesn't make me hate NH any less. (shakes fist at Mack)

[ December 14, 2004, 11:55 PM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]

Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :

Oregon has no sales tax. [Taunt]

Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :

So does it go by the zip code on my IP or on the credit card I use? Because if it's the former, I'm only gonna order music when I'm home. Silly sales tax here. I had to get used to it when I started going to ASU--I thought everyone was overcharging me!

Posted by Rappin' Ronnie Reagan (Member # 5626) on :

I'm pretty sure it goes by billing address. That's how it determines which country's store you can use, and I would think tax would be determined the same way.