B
So, let's talk about the, uh, wonderful abuses in the State of Pennsylvania of personal property taxes whereby you can purchase something mail order and after the fact, the State of Pennsylvania can find out about it and send you a bill for the sales tax appropriate to that item that you purchased as well as interest and penalties from the time that you bought it. What do you think? Is Pennsylvania kind of out of line there?
A
Well, actually, I don't think they're out of line. De-, Devil's advocate possibly, but it, you are trying to avoid paying taxes and whe-, whether or not you agree with that law, i-, you're still circumventing it. You are legal in, in your circumvention of that law.
B
What, what if you're not doing it in order to circumvent the law though? I mean what if you don't even realize that you're subject to paying, uh, income tax on something that you purchase mail order?
A
Really, I, I, I don't think that's a valid argument. I think that most people are quite aware they're not paying that six percent sales tax. Um, s-, s-, naturally some, some things you just can't find in your local K-Mart or, or, uh, Bryn Mawr stereo dealer. Uh, but th-, th-, th-, then why not pay, pay the sales tax MUMBLEx. Corporations have to, why should an individual just because it's, just because the state can't really find out about it, be able to avoid paying sales tax?
B
Well, I mean, it seems to me that, generally, at least in my own experience, when I purchase something mail order, it's not to circumvent paying sales tax to the State of Pennsylvania. It's because, I'm sorry, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
A
Yes.