Some on this thread said their local ffl charges a transfer fee plus a certain percentage sale tax.
I hope I'm not hijacking the thread, but in some cases the ffl charging sales tax could be questionable. If you (customer) were to walk into your local gun shop and ask them to order a particular gun off a website or Shotgun News ad, then you pay the local shop the purchase price; sales tax IS due because a retail sale of a product was just made. Now let's say you make a purchase on GunBroker (or elsewhere) and pay the seller directly, but have the gun shipped to your local gun shop, no retail sale of a product has been made by the local store, they only performed the ffl transfer service. Sales taxes are levied on the retail sale of products (in my state it's only products and not services) and the amount due is base on a percentage of the price paid for the product, and the retailer is liable for payment of the tax to the state. If the store only provided a service but did not sell you a product, no sales tax should be charged. $0.00 X x% = $0.00 Of course the state is not going to openly object to extra tax revenues even if they are not really owed. If your local store is collecting the "tax" and keeping for themselves, they most likely committed a crime. Does anyone on here have experience and knowledge on retail sales tax and have insight to share. I'm not an expert and please keep in mind that I am referring to situations where the purchase price was not paid to the local ffl.
