I negotiated and bought what I was told was a $190.00 purchase of case ammo from a neighboring state ammo dealer at the Hampton Gun Show last month, and when I later cleaned out my wallet and looked at the receipt which I accepted with a handshake, it was for about 16 dollars more than that. When I called the dealer to complain about him not honoring his word on the price, he said he had to charge me more because I used a credit card, You can complain to your credit card company. Merchants are not supposed to charge a premium for accepting a credit card (it's what the CC company charges them to process the transaction so in truth they are losing money on the deal).
plus he had to charge his state's (higher) tax rate, blah, blah, blah. Vendors are supposed to collect Virginia sales tax as well as the federal tax on ammo. If he is charging you only the sales tax from the state where he has his brick-and-mortar store you can adjust the amount of Virginia sales tax you owe (yes, you do owe them money) by the amount of tax he charged you. You need to get the appropriate forms come tax time - fill them out and Virginia will contact his state to play who sends whom money at the end of the day.
It looks as if you were not charged the federal tax, which means you need to 'fess up to the IRS when you do your taxes for 2011.
Nothing else I bought that day cost me any tax at all. Every other purchase I made that day was just as I expected, straight up dealings from folks I do not even know. (1) Does anyone know what the tax rules are for the gun shows in Virginia? If the vendor does not collect Virginia taxes you are supposed to declare what you should have paid and send it to the Commonwealth when you file your state taxes. (Same as you are supposed to do on state sales tax internet vendors do not charge you.)
This dealer promised me to refund me seven dollars of the charges, but I have not seen it yet . . . . . If you don't see it in 30 days contact your CC company and file a complaint. Your window is, IIRC, only 60 days from the date of the sale. Better yet, contact your CC company now to see when you need to file your complaint, 'cause I might be off in how much time you have.
(2) Should I broadcast his company name here on OCDO?
