The vendor I like best is somewhere in the west and they employ people with mild mental disabilities to package and ship the books I order. I think it is a win win situation for everyone and the state can't waste the tax income like they do everything else.
Most conservatives aren't so adamant about being crooks, tax cheats, and free-loaders. I guess you just think your neighbor should have to pay your taxes for you.
Kansas Sale Tax and Compensating Use Tax:
Since 1937 Kansas has imposed a compensating use tax on goods and merchandise purchased from outside Kansas and used, stored or consumed in Kansas. Its purpose is to protect Kansas retailers from unfair competition from out-of-state retailers who sell goods tax-free by applying a tax on these items equal to the Kansas rate. It also helps to assure fairness to Kansans who purchase the same items in Kansas and pay the Kansas sales.If you don't like your state taxes, don't be like liberals and simply whine and refuse to go along with what the elected government decides; call your representative and ask them to change the law. Otherwise, you are just another tax cheat.Individuals and businesses buying items from retailers in other states may be subject to Kansas use tax on those purchases. The use tax applies to the total cost of the merchandise, including postage, shipping, handling or transportation charges. The use tax rate is the same as the combined state and local sales tax rate in effect where the buyer takes delivery in Kansas. For individuals, this is usually our home.
To pay the Kansas use tax on your untaxed out-of-state purchases made during calendar year 2010, refer to the instructions for line 18 of Form K-40 on page 10. You may either use the chart, or compute the tax due by applying the state and local tax rate in effect for your address to the total purchases subject to the tax."K-40" is of course your income tax form: Kansas Individual Income Tax Form
The Use Tax is on line 18. Thats a a little ways up from the signature, where you sign under penalty of perjury that you have accurately reported all taxes due.
If you are buying things out of state without paying tax, and saying you owe zero dollars in use taxes, and signing your tax form, you are lying under oath. I'm pretty sure most conservatives frown upon people lying and tax-cheating.