B
Right. But the point is is that businesses do that. The business that you purchase the thing from is responsible for collecting the appropriate sales tax and forwarding it to the state in question. That's a cost of doing business. The burden --
A
And I, I --
B
-- shouldn't be placed on the consumer.
A
-- I was actually talking about businesses purchasing something mail order and then having, having to pay sales tax on it.
B
Uh.
A
That's my understanding of the way, uh, the way it works. Usually, the, the person ordering doesn't pay. But the accounting department will, uh, suck up all the bills at the end of the month and realize how much they have to pay. And there r-, there are s-, some substantial, nasty penalties, um, if you, if businesses try to avoid that.