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I'm in a third category. I've worked for my state's taxation department and know how they can enforce use tax and what they can do to you if they really decide to go after you. I also can't claim ignorance. But, trust me, nothing makes a state taxation department go hunting or change in the sofa like the massive budget shortfalls that are about to hit many states. As I mentioned in two other replies, if they catch you it's not just the taxes you owe but interest on those taxes, penalties for not paying them, and even interest on the penalties back to when you owed the taxes.

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I've worked for my state's taxation department and know how they can enforce use tax and what they can do to you if they really decide to go after you.

It's not gonna happen, at least, not in a state like Virginia...unless they want to deal with an angry mob that comprises 90+ percent of the population. Of course, they could act like the RIAA/MPAA (with regard to online file-sharing cases) and embark on a campaign of hitting a few people to scare the rest of the population into compliance.