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By CRAIG COULOMBE
Kappah^nnutk News Special Writer
Virginia has added a consumeruse tax, which targets out-of-state mail-order purchases of $25 or more.
Speaking for the Virginia Department of Taxation, Janie Brown
said the 4.5 percent tax will be levied on consumers, not out-ofstate mail-order companies, because the state cannot compel someone in another state to send Virginia the tax, although some mail-order companies already do.
Bowen said purchases of automobiles in Maryland or West Virginia are covered under a separate set of rules.
According to Tax Commissioner W.H. Forst, the new tax is not a tax increase, but rather the enforcement of a law in place since 1966. “According to Virginia law, Virginians are required to pay use tax on any item purchased out of state when the out
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