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Steven Bradley wrote:
> 
> Warning - Avoid Gateway Computers (aka Gateway 2000).
> 
> Recently, during the course of my business I received a call from a friend
> that an associate of his was purchasing a computer system from Gateway.  He
> called because tax was attempting to be levied from this out of state
> supplier on this purchaser in the state of Florida.
> 
> I verified with the state the sales tax ID number provided by Gateway and
> according to them they are registered to collect sales tax for thirty
> states.  I presume they pay for the manpower needed to do the paperwork
> each month for these monies collected.
> 
> I learned they do in fact have a tax id for Florida.  This means that anyone
> in Florida will be charged sales tax when doing business with this out of
> state computer company.  My advice is to find someone else who is out of state
> and save paying the tax!

  You do of course understand that even if the company does not collect 
the tax you are still legally required to make a tax payment to the state 
of Florida. It is kind of funny how people will risk big loses to avoid 
paying a sales tax. I know, the risk is very small, but the point is... 
if you can't afford to pay the tax then you can't afford to spend the 
money in the first place. It is funny how Americans will try to get out 
of paying taxes of any kind when we are one of the least taxed countries 
in the world. My second point is, I don't know how wise it is to give 
advise which is illegal. In this society, if a person got in trouble for 
not paying the sales tax, you could find yourself on the wrong end of a 
law-suit as well.  Just my humble opinion.

                               Robert