Use tax is an attempt for the state to recapture sales tax for items bought out of state. I'm not saying you don't have to report it, megan, but I don't think they enforce it. It's free money to them.

I don't even know what that is.

It is a tax for Internet purchases. Basically, if you buy something that is used, consumed, or stored in CA, you should be paying CA tax on it.

For example, Amazon, iTunes, etc. don't charge me any sales tax when I buy something. Or, if I buy something in another state I (by default since SF tax is 9.5%) pay a lower sales tax than CA.

So, if I want to fill out my income tax form, I have to calculate how many purchases I made that fits one of the descriptions above, add those up and multiply by 9.5%, and then subtract any out of state tax I may have paid. And then add that tax to my CA income tax return.

In NY, it was a flat fee of $60(?) or you could calculate if you thought it was less than that.

I don't itemize, so I don't keep receipts. But I charge almost everything to my Amex, so now I am going through those charges and trying to figure out what this might apply to. It is ridonkulous since I can't imagine most people bother. However, I prefer not to commit tax fraud.

Old-Timey Predator Will Joyride Into Your Heart

I say old bean, is that a Yautja on a penny-farthing velocipede? By gum, I haven't beheld such a spectacle since eleventy-twelve! And lo! Our pedal-pushing intergalactic sportsmen totes one of those newfangled heliumized air bladders! What delicious farce!

Cereal to add: I'm just annoyed that my taxes, which should take less than 30 minutes to complete, will now take substantially longer than normal.

I guess going forward I will try to mark this on Money when I import things. But, speaking to Bon's point, they should either not include this or make it easier for people to comply.

Meara -- the 30th works! I shall put you in my calendar. And scout out a place to go...

In the end, I was saved from myself! Due to the fact that the store was apparently sold out of normal flavor doritos.

I kinda left the ER without being signed out by a doctor. But two hours seems a fair amount of time to wait for that, no? Or rather, a fair amount of time after which to give up.

Cute doctor. Noticed my haircut since last time. Which is more than I remembered about him.

I just want to go home. Where is my taxi?

I think I am an idiot. I have been doing database searches for articles for a class project and I have thus been unable to find articles that are a) relevant to my variable and b) available without paying for it. There have to be more than what I am finding, so I think I are doing it badly wrong.

It's too bad you don't know any librarians, Aims.

Yeah, standing right here!

What's the question, where are you searching, and what search terms are you using, and what are you not finding that you need?