> Generally, if sales tax would apply when you buy physical merchandise in California, use tax applies when you make a similar purchase without tax from a business located outside the state.
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> Tax too. Sometimes Amazon will have a better price and free shipping (and prime) but due to CA tax it'll be cheaper to order from out-of-state (free shipping is pretty common). Amazon also doesn't really do many coupons, so promo codes are more likely to work at smaller places or the mfg website (usually only worth it for larger purchases).
You may not want to publicly admit to tax evasion.
https://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/usetax.htm#Overview
> Generally, if sales tax would apply when you buy physical merchandise in California, use tax applies when you make a similar purchase without tax from a business located outside the state.
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> Tax too. Sometimes Amazon will have a better price and free shipping (and prime) but due to CA tax it'll be cheaper to order from out-of-state (free shipping is pretty common). Amazon also doesn't really do many coupons, so promo codes are more likely to work at smaller places or the mfg website (usually only worth it for larger purchases).
You may not want to publicly admit to tax evasion.