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   Unlikely?

   

   MissinLnk, Nov 10th, 2003 @ 8:14am

   
   

   Did you read the story? The whole thing revolves around the suspecion that UPS was the one to supply the list.
   
   

   DirtCheap's lawyer told the Boston Globe that his client did not turn over the customer lists but said the state had obtained UPS spreadsheets that have delivery information.
   
   UPS spokeswoman Susan Rosenberg confirmed that her employer has complied with legal requests that relate to DirtCheap customers but won't say whether they came from Massachusetts or another state.

   
   
   Hmmm. So do we have to be careful who we ship with now?

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   Re: Unlikely?

   

   akamoe, Nov 10th, 2003 @ 8:36am

   
   

   State Tax Departments: What can Brown do for you?

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   w.h., Nov 10th, 2003 @ 9:16am

   
   

   As a Californian, where smokers are treated with the same respect as lepers, I don't have particularly large amounts of sympathy.
   
   Doubly so because tax-free cig spammers piss me off.

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   Makar, Nov 10th, 2003 @ 10:00am

   
   

   so much for "free country"...
   
   Mike: it'd be nice to see how much freedom americans lost in post 9/11 period...

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   Bad News for Ohioans

   

   Beck, Nov 10th, 2003 @ 10:36am

   
   

   Here in Ohio they added a new line to the state income tax form a couple of years ago, called the "Unpaid Use Tax". You are supposed to enter the total amount you spent last year on out-of-state purchases where sales tax was not charged. This is specifically aimed at Internet purchases. The state then adds the uncollected sales tax to your income tax bill. This is bad news if UPS really did squeal on their customers. I'm sure there are plenty of Ohioans who fail to volunteerily increase their taxes, on the assumption that the state doesn't have information about their online purchases.

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   Anonymous Coward, Nov 10th, 2003 @ 12:04pm

   
   

   > so much for "free country"...< br>> it'd be nice to see how much freedom americans
   > lost in post 9/11 period...
   
   Yeah, we should be free to avoid any taxes we don't feel like paying, especially those that use the internet...

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   Anonymous Coward, Nov 10th, 2003 @ 9:49pm

   
   

   Well, due to the degree to which "voting" has become a meaningless exercise, tax avoidence is *the* primary method by which citizens *can* control their government.
   
   Tax avoiders are the true patriots of freedom, make no mistake about it.
   
   It's how and why the friken country got started in the first palce.

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   Massachusetts Tax on online cig's

   

   Sheila Wright, Oct 16th, 2007 @ 1:44pm

   
   

   I know people who bought from places that didn't report (Reservations) and was hit with a bill.
   
   Can someone tell me when did Massachusetts institute a 'Border Tax'?

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