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Another B&H Photo Video happy customer here. Pity they were forced to start charging state taxes. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but can't help to think that A

• fmela 7y ago
  Right or wrong, you can get around the sales tax using B&H's Payboo credit card (for use on their site only): https://www.bhphotovideo.com/credit-cards https://www.bhphotovideo.com/credit-cards
  • sjwright 7y ago
    It’s a discount offer, I don’t think it actually elides tax payment. According to the URL you cited: “B&H will collect and remit state sales tax in accordance with state sales tax laws and regulations. So, customers do pay required sales tax and do not need to keep track or file anything separately.“
    • cactus2093 7y ago
      Yes you just get credit card cash-back in the amount of your state sales tax. Which is not bad, living in CA for instance it gives you 7.25% cash back. Compare that to Amazon where you get 5% back with their card, or any general purpose credit card where you won't really find better than 2% rewards for online shopping.
• kevindong 7y ago
  B&H Photo Video started collecting sales tax due to the Supreme Court case South Dakota v. Wayfair (2018) which held that retailers can be compelled to collect sales tax even if they don't have a presence in the state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota_v._Wayfair,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota_v._Wayfair,_Inc.