Why Am I charged tax when I buy the gift card and then again when I buy an item from the app store, I am being charged tax twice.
Ideas?
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This makes NO sense as the iTunes card is essentially a currency exchange. If I pay tax when I purchase the card, taxes have been paid up front for all subsequent purchases. If I am taxed again on purchases made with that card I am being taxed twice. This is not legal.
Hopeless to try to explain this to most, you're not alone Carolyn... but the iTunes card is not a purchased item, it is Apple currency. If the govt is pre-taxing my purchases when I exchange cash for Apple currency, Apple should remove tax duplication at the time of redemption.
Apple Support understood this after an hour on the phone several escalations, but claims they are required to tax individual purchases, and any pre-paid taxation is a state/provincial issue that must be taken up with them.
Carolyn's post is six years old and is clearly referring to purchases from the iTunes Store.
If you are in the USA and were charged sales tax on the purchase of an iTunes gift card, pls see my post above.
That does not answer the question... Why am I being charged tax twice. If I am being charged tax in the itunes store then the gift card at the retailer should have no tax. It would be like buying a gift card to Nissan for 10,000 and paying tax on the gift card and then using the gift card at Nissan and being charged again for tax. Your post clarifys nothing, I have been using itunes for years and of course I know that ALL PURCHASES ARE SUBJECT TO TAXES AND FEES.
Anyone else?
Are you sure you were charged tax on the purchase gift card?
djzapp wrote:
That does not answer the question... Why am I being charged tax twice. If I am being charged tax in the itunes store then the gift card at the retailer should have no tax. It would be like buying a gift card to Nissan for 10,000 and paying tax on the gift card and then using the gift card at Nissan and being charged again for tax. Your post clarifys nothing, I have been using itunes for years and of course I know that ALL PURCHASES ARE SUBJECT TO TAXES AND FEES.
Anyone else?
I don't know the answer to your question, but I do know that it would best be posed to the tax authorities, they tend to reserve the last word for themselves.
Yes the total was $108 for a $100 gift card.
in which state charged 8% sales tax?
purchased 25 itunes card and barnes and noble cards in pa, no taxes, paid 19.99 and 25
Apple is garbage. A $25 card for Google Play will get you $25 worth of stuff. Unreal.
djzapp wrote:
Yes the total was $108 for a $100 gift card.
DJ Zapp,
See this article:
("Country" being the USA.)
As suggested, if there was an error on the part of the retailer, go question it.
Yes Some retailers like walmart, kmart who rarely sell those cards have system setup to charge tax and even you question that clerk usually stay behind the company, you must ask for store manager , if he will refuse to pay tax back and you have that recorded you must go to the local tax authorities report that and they will be penalized!
Immaterial when Carolyn posted; what I said is fact regardless of what is purchased or where... things can't be charged the same tax twice. Thanks for coming out ed2345.
...both the giant corporate retailers (several) and iTunes support (several escalations) claim to have no control over the double taxing.
Charged Tax with Gift Card purchase?
