Let's assume they did benefit

They don't stand up in cases where the goods were sold in person.

What are the Illinois Use Tax rates?
Illinois Use Tax rates are 6.25 percent of the purchase price of general merchandise and 1.00 percent of the purchase price of qualifying food, drugs, and medical appliances.
The 1.00 percent rate applies to
food that has not been prepared for immediate consumption (such as most food sold in grocery stores, excluding hot foods, alcoholic beverages, candy, and soft drinks),
prescription medicines and nonprescription items that claim to have medicinal value (such as aspirin and cough medicine, excluding nonprescription grooming and hygiene products), and
medical appliances that replace a malfunctioning part of the human body (such as wheel chairs and hearing aids).

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

I love that man. His son just isn't living up to the family name.

Ogie, we're making fun of BRick at the moment.

You may want to read up on Illinois Use Tax law before you get cocky that I'm the one looking foolish here. I mean, at least use google prior to being condescending. It can save you embarrassment.

Let's assume he already has

Tell the state of Illinois that then.
http://www.revenue.state.il.us/Individuals/FAQs-Use-Tax.htm

Weird, I see Dolphin looking in my asshole

Let's assume he already has

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Even this site acknowledges a significant portion of Illinois residents don't know it exists and thus don't pay it.

http://www.revenue.state.il.us/Individu ... se-Tax.htm

Way to ruin all of our plausible deniability

Let's assume they could. etc.

That is the exact pic my friend put up on FB.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

Use taxes are hardly ever enforced. The state will never know what you purchased over state lines nor do they ever ask for proof on consumer goods. Have you ever filed to pay use tax? I doubt it.

I have never paid a use tax and I doubt most members of the board have ever paid it. Paying such a tax requires you to police yourself and report it yourself. When you don't report it, no one cares or notices.

i love how there's a county beverage tax AND a soft drink tax

I'm sorry, the correct response was "I'm sorry, Use Tax laws when the goods are sold in person do actually stand up in court".

You are correct that you can pretty much get away with not paying it but getting away with breaking a law doesn't mean the law doesn't exist.

Bad laws should be broken. You would have to be a real fucking boyscout to buy pop in Indiana or another county and report it to Illinois. We all know that even if on the books, it is 100% unenforceable.

Oh well, maybe Don Tiny will apologize to me.

Oh well, maybe Don Tiny will apologize to me.

I am not a legal expert, how many times do I have to say it?

How do you enforce a use tax when it is 100% based upon self policing and Illinois Dept of Revenue has no clue what you purchased over state lines? As mentioned, I don't think a single board member here will say they have ever paid it.

i'm sure Rick paid taxes on all his Amazon purchases before they started adding it

i'm sure Rick paid taxes on all his Amazon purchases before they started adding it

How do you enforce a use tax when it is 100% based upon self policing and Illinois Dept of Revenue has no clue what you purchased over state lines? As mentioned, I don't think a single board member here will say they have ever paid it.

At this point it might as well be that odd law on the books from the 19th century that no one has heard of except for when it is used as a trivial point to highlight archaic laws .

unless he was one of the poor souls living in a state with a fulfillment center and thus was already paying it.

I'm not sure what you are getting at. They are difficult to enforce and for small purchases it isn't worth enforcement. That is why they concentrate on the bigger guys.

It still doesn't change the fact that in person Use Taxes are accepted by the courts as legal.