But I'm From Oregon...

[drunkenwildmage]

Funny thing is I travel through Oregon all the time and ever time I stop in Oregon, I have to pay sales tax..
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OH..wait.. you are talking about the STATE of Oregon..

Sorry my Bad

[fireheart]

One of the first things my dad did with me on my learners, was show me how to fill my own car with petrol.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Quoth dalesys

Utah & Idaho

Other routes from Oregon to Colorado would be through Idaho and Wyoming, and through Nevada and Utah.

[taxguykarl]

A possible reply:

You are from Oregon; you are in Colorado...pay up.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Quoth taxguykarl

A possible reply:

You are from Oregon; you are in Colorado...pay up.

I prefer the reply: "This here ain't Oregon."

[bunnyboy]

Quoth Shpepper

Last I knew, in Washington, the only thing that tax exempt status was good for was durable goods. If you buy food or things to consume while in the state of Washington, you get to pay the tax. That includes hotel and motel rooms. It was always so much fun telling people from Oregon that no the deli chicken they ordered was not tax free and neither was the hotel room that they were staying in. I was lucky to have had bosses that had my back and not once did they give in and make me do tax exempt.

Pretty much and even then they don't HAVE to but many do especially in the southern parts that are right across from Oregon.

Furthest north I've seen it advertised was Mt. Vernon (about an hours drive north from Seattle) but yeah, not required, plus it became a big deal for some places I've worked at that they had to show their ID and not just their Lic. Plate, due to, well some folks skirting Washington's tabs by going to Oregon to get their plates.

[bhskittykatt]

Quoth bunnyboy

Furthest north I've seen it advertised was Mt. Vernon (about an hours drive north from Seattle) but yeah, not required, plus it became a big deal for some places I've worked at that they had to show their ID and not just their Lic. Plate, due to, well some folks skirting Washington's tabs by going to Oregon to get their plates.

It goes all the way to the border, trust me. There was a big thing when BC switched to the HST. Under the law, they would have been tax exempt, which made some locals throw a sh*t that we'd be losing out on all that tax revenue. The law was revised so that the HST is now considered equivalent to a sales tax, so all the residents in HST provinces that used to qualify for the exemption no longer are in Washington. (And of course, now BC voters have overturned the HST, go figure.)

I've seen Oregonians all the way up here filling out the tax exempt paperwork for goods that totalled less than $15. Just doesn't seem worth the effort to me, but damn, they want their tax exemption!

[lineswine]

Quoth dalesys

Utah & Idaho, obviously. There's going to be a real fight about which one's which.

Kind of like the argument my dad witnessed between two missionaries with speech impediments on a bus in Manchester, England...

Over which one stuttered and which one stammered.

Cue entire staid English busload:

One thing you'll learn pretty quickly is that in the North of England:
1) we're not stuck up &
2) If something is funny, we'll laugh - like drains.

I'm not suggesting that the further South you go is much different, but the nearer you get to London (generally) the more self-absorbed they are & therefore appear to be indifferent.

I'll now put you back to your regular programming.