Virginia Sales Tax for something bought online while in TN?

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April 12, 2018
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Doing my VA state tax return and it asked about purchases made over the past year. So if I bought something online and didn't pay VA tax, I need to report it and actually pay tax now on it. However, I lived temporarily in TN for a short time this year and bought something online and I didn't pay any sales tax for (for either state). Do I need to report and pay sales tax for VA since that was my permanent residence? Or do I report and pay through TN since I was located there when I bought it? Thanks!

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PaulaM

Employee

Pay the use tax for VA online purchases on your VA return. If you were a part-year resident of TN, then you would pay use taxes for purchases made there while a resident on your part-year resident return.

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Coletrain12Author

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Do you have to pay taxes on the product twice? Wouldn't it just be paid to your permanent home state? If that were so then anything you ever bought on a trip would need to be reported right?

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PaulaM

Employee

No, not twice. Use tax is owed when you bought something and did not pay sales tax and then brought into Virginia. See the link below for a good explanation of Use tax.

Virginia Use Tax

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