For online sales you only pay state tax if the vendor has a brick and mortar presence in the state.
When buying groceries some states do not tax food at the same rate as other purchases.
Thanks AND thanks from two respected sources.
Weren’t taxes supposed to be for raw materials at one time?
Then how do you tax a used, used, used, used car?
SMH
and some who do charge state sales tax on-line do not charge for city/county sales taxes that may apply when you shop locally