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For more information about sales tax charged on your order, consult the links below. The new collection requirements will apply to all orders shipped and charged on or after April 1, 2004, even if the order was placed before April 1, 2004. To identify whether an item ordered from any other seller has been taxed, visit the relevant order summary in 19 Your Account and click the "See tax and seller information" link. If you have already received your order, you can also find the identity of the seller printed under the name of each item on your packing slip. Items identified as "taxed" have been subjected to sales tax. All other items have not been taxed, either because the seller is not required to collect the tax or the item is not subject to tax. See below for more information regarding sales tax on items sold by our online merchants. If an item is subject to sales tax in the state to which the order is shipped, tax is generally calculated on the total selling price of each individual item. In accordance with state tax laws, the total selling price of an item will generally include item-level shipping and handling charges, item-level discounts, gift-wrap charges, and an allocation of order-level shipping and handling charges and order-level discounts. The tax rate applied to your order will generally be the combined state and local rate for the address where your order was shipped. Therefore, the sales tax rate applied to your order may be different for an order shipped to your home address than it is for an order for the very same items shipped to your work address. Note that many factors can change between the time you place an order and the time your order is shipped, which could affect the calculation of sales taxes. Therefore, the amount appearing on your order as Estimated Tax may differ from the sales taxes ultimately charged when your order ships. For sales tax purposes, electronically delivered products (e-books, e-documents, and electronically delivered software) are considered to be shipped to your credit card billing address. No sales tax is charged when purchasing gift certificates; Your order may contain items from one or more of these online merchants. Each of these online merchants may have different sales tax collection obligations, depending upon their business policies and the location of their operations. These instructions vary depending on the tax laws in each state. The new collection requirements will apply to all orders charged and shipped on or after April 1, 2004, even if the order was placed before April 1, 2004. For questions about sales tax on items purchased from all other merchants, please see below. Sales tax information for these merchants can usually be found in the merchant's Shipping and Tax Information section. If you still have any other tax-related questions, please contact that merchant directly using the contact information provided in the merchant's Contact Customer Service section. For all other merchants, please contact that merchant directly using the contact information provided in the merchant's Contact Customer Service section. To take advantage of your tax-exempt status, you will need to provide us with acceptable proof of exempt status for the state where the items will be shipped. United States Government Purchasers Sales tax does not apply to purchases made by the United States Government. How to submit this information First, place your order through our Web site. After you've placed your order, please submit the necessary information by fax in order to receive a refund of any sales tax. Please include the following: * Your order number * E-mail address * Acceptable proof of your exempt status (as outlined above) * If restricted, please include the names of individuals authorized to place tax-exempt orders on behalf of your organization. However, if you submit a single-use exemption certificate, you will need to resubmit a new certificate with each order. Effect of the Internet Tax Freedom Act Companies selling over the Internet are subject to the same sales tax collection requirements as any other retailers. Remote sellers (including Internet retailers and catalog companies) are generally required to collect taxes where they have a physical selling presence. If they do not have any such presence, they are not required to collect sales taxes. The Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) expired on November 1, 2003, and it is currently unclear when or if the ITFA will be extended by Congress. However, the ITFA was primarily intended to prevent state and local governments from imposing new or discriminatory taxes on Internet transactions and on Internet access. Despite the name of the Act, ITFA does not preclude state and local governments from imposing existing sales tax collection requirements on companies selling over the Internet. Shipping & Returns See our 27 shipping rates & policies.
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