Here's a question for FFL holders.

If someone orders a weapon through AuctionArms or GunBroker, etc and has it shipped to a local FFL holder who advertises and solicits FFL transfer business, does the FFL holder charge sales tax on out of state purchases or are they just trying to jack the buyer for the sales tax amount and not forwarding the taxes collected to the state?

No flame, just an honest question.

They do it in the RPK.

Anyone else?

Usually they only charge the fee and possibly tax on their fee.

My experience in Texas is only the fee is charged..

10 bucks..fair price.

They are supposed to...I don't know how serious the IRS/state revenue services take it, but they are supposed to collect sales tax (the FFL).

my experience in california is no tax charged. ive done about 5 transfers from 2 diff. dealers and havnt been charged  tax on the gun or the reg. fee's

Quoted: my experience in california is no tax charged. ive done about 5 transfers from 2 diff. dealers and havnt been charged  tax on the gun or the reg. fee's

You are lucky then. All the places I have asked (So SD), they said they charge the service fees and sales tax on the value of the pistol.

I'll just wait 'til I'm out of the state. Too much of a hastle to deal with.

They FFL should be responsible for his fee and applicable tax on the fee.  

In TN, the state requires you to pay a "use" tax that  is equivalent to the state sales tax.

The mechanism to enforce this use tax varies.  On cars and boats, it is easy for the state since they discover the sale when you register it and apply for tags.  

Your state may look to FFL's to help collect "lost"sales tax.

In TN, very few people will go the the .tngov site and pay the sales tax (almost 10%) on the computer they just bought on ebay.

I'll bet your FFL collects the tax and sends it in because he thinks he has to, not that he is trying to cheat you.

But, as always, YMMV.