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If you come to the comments without reading the article, just know that Newegg.com is the last place you want to go the next time you need a part for your PC. T

If you come to the comments without reading the article, just know that Newegg.com is the last place you want to go the next time you need a part for your PC. They turned over at least 4 years of customer sales data to the State of Connecticut evidently without any real pressure applied by CT, and now CT residents who made purchases on Newegg as far back as 2014 have received a tax bill.

DoofusOfDeath 9y ago
Only sounds like a problem for people who want to break the law.
- dgzl 9y ago
  Or, put another way: who needs trust and privacy when you do nothing wrong?
- larrik 9y ago
  It's a stupid and relatively unknown law.
  - lostcolony 9y ago
    Stupid, yes, unknown, no. Every piece of tax software I've used has asked "Did you make purchases online without paying state sales tax?", and in saying "Yes", will ask you how much you spent. Now, obviously, I don't keep receipts, so I just estimate, but paying an extra $30-50 at tax time just to ensure that it looks good to the IRS, -and- if something like this happens it looks like I paid, is worth the piece of mind.
    - js2 9y ago
      The IRS doesn’t care about state sales tax. Your state agency is probably called something like the Dept of Revenue. Overpaying taxes “just in case” seems like an odd strategy to me. It’s hard to believe anyone doesn’t know they are responsible for paying their own sales tax on out of state transactions. It’s on the state tax forms, the tax software asks about it, your tax preparer will ask about it, etc. It was also big news when the states were going up against Amazon for collecting sales tax. Besides that, ignorance of the law is never an excuse for breaking it. Anyway, NewEgg has to have known that some consumers were purchasing from them to avoid sales tax and that this will lead to reduced sales.
      - Blackthorn 9y ago
        Hey can you tell me how to spell "pedantic"? Thanks.
      - dgzl 9y ago
        > It’s hard to believe anyone doesn’t know they are responsible for paying their own sales tax on out of state transactions. I really wish you were being facetious. I get the feeling you'd be very surprised to learn about your fellow citizens and their knowledge of American tax laws. > Ignorance of the law is never an excuse for breaking it. I disagree. From the perspective of someone who doesn't know the law, how are they supposed to follow it? Even an intelligent and competent person doesn't know all the laws, especially in America. I would wager that every person in this forum has broken at least one law without knowing it.
        js2 9y ago
        I wasn't making a moral/ethical argument. Ignorance of the law is generally not a defense you can use in court.
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wlesieutre 9y ago
I've read on reddit that the letters have gone to people with $2000 or more total over those years, if anyone sees one for less I'd be curious to know how much it was for. I've bought stuff on Newegg and haven't received a tax letter, but I didn't spend $2000.

DoofusOfDeath 9y ago

Only sounds like a problem for people who want to break the law.

dgzl 9y ago
Or, put another way: who needs trust and privacy when you do nothing wrong?
larrik 9y ago
It's a stupid and relatively unknown law.
- lostcolony 9y ago
  Stupid, yes, unknown, no. Every piece of tax software I've used has asked "Did you make purchases online without paying state sales tax?", and in saying "Yes", will ask you how much you spent. Now, obviously, I don't keep receipts, so I just estimate, but paying an extra $30-50 at tax time just to ensure that it looks good to the IRS, -and- if something like this happens it looks like I paid, is worth the piece of mind.
  - js2 9y ago
    The IRS doesn’t care about state sales tax. Your state agency is probably called something like the Dept of Revenue. Overpaying taxes “just in case” seems like an odd strategy to me. It’s hard to believe anyone doesn’t know they are responsible for paying their own sales tax on out of state transactions. It’s on the state tax forms, the tax software asks about it, your tax preparer will ask about it, etc. It was also big news when the states were going up against Amazon for collecting sales tax. Besides that, ignorance of the law is never an excuse for breaking it. Anyway, NewEgg has to have known that some consumers were purchasing from them to avoid sales tax and that this will lead to reduced sales.
    - Blackthorn 9y ago
      Hey can you tell me how to spell "pedantic"? Thanks.
    - dgzl 9y ago
      > It’s hard to believe anyone doesn’t know they are responsible for paying their own sales tax on out of state transactions. I really wish you were being facetious. I get the feeling you'd be very surprised to learn about your fellow citizens and their knowledge of American tax laws. > Ignorance of the law is never an excuse for breaking it. I disagree. From the perspective of someone who doesn't know the law, how are they supposed to follow it? Even an intelligent and competent person doesn't know all the laws, especially in America. I would wager that every person in this forum has broken at least one law without knowing it.
      - js2 9y ago
        I wasn't making a moral/ethical argument. Ignorance of the law is generally not a defense you can use in court.
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wlesieutre 9y ago

I've read on reddit that the letters have gone to people with $2000 or more total over those years, if anyone sees one for less I'd be curious to know how much it was for. I've bought stuff on Newegg and haven't received a tax letter, but I didn't spend $2000.