US Tariffs and State Tax - A California sale

Have received a US order and the customer is in California, I dont know what states have their own import tax but know some do. Ebay have collected a 'Sales Tax' on this order and taken the tax at point of sale.

 

So the packing slip states

 

'in accordance with the State Law' I'm reading this as a California tax, not the import tariff,

 

The latest (28/08) Ebay guidelines 

 

  • If shipping with your own carrier service, consider using a commercial carrier that can handle US customs clearance

EG - A courier that can process the tax as Ebay are not processing this tax

 

My questions

 

1. Presuming the US Tariff will still have to be collected on top of the Sales Tax, is this correct

2. Anyone had any experience of this, further advice

 

If Ive got it wrong, apologies, please point me in the right direction, its seems to be a fast moving situation

 

Cheers FBF

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Re: US Tariffs and State Tax - A California sale

Answer to your sub-question: Yes, State Law refers to California State sales tax. That is not a tariff collection (National Law). I am sure California Governor Gavin Newsome would do away with import tariffs if he could!

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Re: US Tariffs and State Tax - A California sale

So the citizens get a double whammy, 

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