I heard somewhere that if you are a tourist and visit California (or any other state) you can present your receipts at the airport and get a refund for the sales tax. Is this true?? where in the airport would that be? an IRS office??? Im departing from LAX...tnx for all your answers!!!
2007-04-26 09:23:08 · 7 answers · asked by Kitiara_DSev 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Taxes ➔ United States
No, sorry, but there is no sales tax refund offered in the US, unlike the VAT refunds in many other countries. If for no other reason than there are 50 separate states with 50 different sets of laws on sales taxes, not to mention literally thousands of local jurisdictions with their fingers in the till. It would be impossible to manage.
2007-04-26 10:37:15 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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I heard somewhere that if you are a tourist and visit California (or any other state) you can present your receipts at the airport and get a refund for the sales tax. Is this true?? where in the airport would that be? an IRS office??? Im departing from LAX...tnx for all your answers!!!
2015-08-06 04:06:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only possible way for you to get a refund of sales tax is if you had the item you purchased shipped directly to your home while you were visiting and you were charged sales tax anyway. If this happened, you need to file for the sales tax refund before it is granted.
Otherwise, you do not get a refund.
2007-04-26 12:39:46 · answer #4 · answered by Steve 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've gotten all taxes back in Louisiania, in cash...Just present the tickets on the refund counter in the mall...
How I'm going to CA I wish that is true there also...
2013-09-26 10:17:07 · answer #5 · answered by jose 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-06 07:16:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In theory, if you present your identification showing you are not a CA resident when you make a purchase, then they should remove the tax at the time of purchase. However, good luck finding a cashier that knows how to do this. I worked several retail jobs and only one ever covered this in training.
2007-04-26 18:49:08 · answer #7 · answered by poonie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2014-08-19 20:34:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, no. It's not like the VAT in Europe.
2007-04-26 09:53:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋