When I paid my prop tax at the Treasurer's office last week, I noticed a small pamphlet on the counter describing Wyomings "Use Tax". It went on to explain that if you bought something from out of state via personal shopping, mail order, Internet, etc that you still owed a "use tax" when the property was brought into Wyoming.
Lots of states have this "law".
It had a page where you could add up all the purchases and multiply by the rate and pay your "fair share."
I asked the woman at the counter if ANYONE had ever come and requested to pay this "use tax." She shook her head in the negative and smiled. She acted as if she thought the same of it as I did. In other states the "person behind the counter" would probably commence with a stern lecture. Not here.
BTW, in my former, former, state of residence of Kalifornia, there's actually a line item on the state income tax form telling you to itemize all such items and pay the tax at that point. Thus making nearly person in the state a criminal for signing the tax form and declaring that the above is true and correct. It would be quite easy for the state to prove that purchases were made. When we are all deemed as criminals by the state then what does that say about our government?
Mac
