Nikon's Future

My Google: Does New Hampshire collect out-of-state sales tax?

Google find: Any sales that do not occur in-person in New Hampshire are sales potentially subject to another state's sales tax.

 

So the customer does not need to pay a sales tax if he/she purchases in person in New Hampshire. However, the same customer will need to pay the sales tax to his/her own state if it is not purchased in-person in that State, such as mail order.

 

From the State of Massachusetts: It is the vendor's responsibility to report the use tax and it is voluntary. "Out-of-state retailers and mail order firms that aren't required by law to register as Massachusetts vendors may register voluntarily to collect use tax." So, if the vendor is intent on collecting sales tax from an out-of-state customer, they will need to find out where they live. I don't see why they would bother to do this unless they are really not busy. ;)

 

Not a lawyer, but the above is my interpretation. Most importantly, the vendor told me that there is no need to pay sales tax in NH, and I think I would not argue with him. ;) That said, naturally I will pay the tax if I am supposed to. :)

I am not sure. When I visisted a Walmart in Washington state near the Oregon border they asked me where do I live. I said I live in Texas and they charge me the Washington sales tax and they said if I live in Oregon they wouldn't charge me the sales tax.

That said, since there is so much discussion about this, alluding to tax evasion, which is a crime that I don't think any of us wants to commit and least of all being blamed for it on an online forum, I left a msg with the Hunt's rep in MA and asked him to clarify this whole thing. I am thinking that it is possible that taxes would be due anyway but not because of what our discussion. It is possible because Hunt's has businesses in states that are subject to state taxes.

OK, confirmed with my Hunt's rep in Massachusetts. He said a lot of his customers actually ask him to ship camera items to NH. No tax. Period! I asked him whether I need to file tax when I get home and he emphatically said No. As a happy bonus, he also informed me that the Olympus 150-400mm lens (wait-listed item) has arrived today and he will go ahead to ship it to their NH branch. Yay! :)

Again, thanks for the discussion and thank you to Photo.Net again. If not for this discussion, I would not have thought to pick it up in New Hampshire. ;)

I love it when a plan comes together...;)

Buy with cash, wear a false nose and supply a false address....:p

I love it when a plan comes together...;)

 

Buy with cash, wear a false nose and supply a false address....:p

Funny but why? Are you implying, still, that I am a tax evader? Not. You should celebrate with me rather than implying bad things. :p

Move here, or travel to get your tax break. Then the grapes would feel sweeter. :D

But there seems to be some disagreement with your country cousins regarding this issue....:(

Think/hope it is straightened out now. The disagreement may have something to do with people's natural sense of justice because somehow it seems unfair that some people are paying hundreds more in taxes for the same items just because they live in a different State. I was there. I empathize.

that I am a tax evader?

Not in any way!

But there seems to be some disagreement with your country cousins regarding this issue....:(

Avoidance is just peachy...:p

. I have no dog in this fight, just the facts.

You always say that but I believe you do. Move closer to NH and you will probably not say this anymore. ;)

When I shop, Amazon and B&H collect Illinois tax. As for Massachusetts, read the following (it has pictures).

Sales and Use Tax

When I shop, Amazon and B&H collect Illinois tax. As for Massachusetts, read the following (it has pictures).

 

Sales and Use Tax

Entirely normal. Amazon (and online retailers) collects tax based on the customer's address. You do know that we are not talking about mail order here, right? It's about buying merchandise in a tax-free State - such as New Hampshire - and being physically present in that State.

Ed, as I mentioned before, I have already confirmed the NH no-tax situation with my Hunt's photo rep, based in Massachusetts. I even specifically asked if I need to report any tax because I live in MA. He said no, and this is good enough for me - and I believe for most people. Please let's not deal with circular "discussions" anymore. Thanks.

buying merchandise in a tax-free State

Not that you need it here, but I guess there has to be a statute of limitations here too?

Kinda year and a day type thing...:D

Entirely normal. Amazon (and online retailers) collects tax based on the customer's address. You do know that we are not talking about mail order here, right? It's about buying merchandise in a tax-free State - such as New Hampshire - and being physically present in that State.

If you read the statute, you would know that you owe use tax on anything you transport into Massachusetts (as an MA resident) from New Hampshire. You are given credit for sales tax paid in another state, up to 6.25%. When it comes to the law, neither your opinion nor that of a saleman would count for much. John Kerry got busted for taxes on a yacht he kept in Rhode Island, and Kerry is practically a Kennedy ;)

"People who aren't registered to collect sales/use tax in Massachusetts, and who make an occasional out-of-state purchase for business or personal use, don't need to register. Instead, they must pay their use taxes by filing either a Business Use Tax Return (Form ST-10) or an Individual Use Tax Return (Form ST-11)."

When I shop, Amazon and B&H collect Illinois tax. As for Massachusetts, read the following (it has pictures).

 

Sales and Use Tax

In Illinois also so I just use the Payboo card and just pay it in full, sometimes it saves you a good chunk of change in taxes along with the free S&H.

So now that is settled, the Future of Nikon.

Industrial optics. Medical optics. And cameras and their lenses.

Industrial optics. Medical optics. And cameras and their lenses.

I suspect the very positive Nikon Camera and Lens 'name' does positively influence the other broader aspects of the Nikon family of products.

I suspect the very positive Nikon Camera and Lens 'name' does positively influence the other broader aspects of the Nikon family of products.

Don't think so. Buyers of very expensive industrial or medical optical systems do not care much about the brand also appearing on photo cameras.

do not care much

...not much, but a bit....!

...not much, but a bit....!

Not even a bit.

Leading firm in semiconductor photolithography systems ASML never made any camera or camera lens. Companies interested in the competing products from Nikon do not care about whether Nikon make photo lenses or cameras. When you are trying to decide what to spend $150,000,000 on, would you let the decision be swayed by how a Nikon photo lens compares to one made by Canon? And how many lenses would Nikon have to sell to make as much as that?

That sort of thing, and medical technology, is where the future of Nikon is.

Not even a bit.

Leading firm in semiconductor photolithography systems ASML never made any camera or camera lens. Companies interested in the competing products from Nikon do not care about whether Nikon make photo lenses or cameras. When you are trying to decide what to spend $150,000,000 on, would you let the decision be swayed by how a Nikon photo lens compares to one made by Canon? And how many lenses would Nikon have to sell to make as much as that?

That sort of thing, and medical technology, is where the future of Nikon is.

You are correct, ASML never made any cameras or camera lenses. Nor does it make the lenses for their EUV photolithography systems. Those lenses, and many of the other lenses used by ASML, are made by Zeiss - Zeiss SMT. ASML is a minority owner of Zeiss SMT with 24.9% of the stock. Carl Zeiss AG owns the rest of the company. I suspect there are many parts of ASML's machines that are made by sub-contractors. It is the same with most large complex machines. Look at aircraft. Neither Boeing nor Airbus makes the engines, nor a large part of the electronics. They do not make the wires, or interiors. They do integrate these, and many other items, to make a finished aircraft.

The other large manufacturer of photolithography lenses is Nikon, although they make DUV lenses not EUV, yet. Both Nikon and Zeiss own much of their expertise in lens making their photographic divisions. Of course both companies started making other optical equipment and them began to make photographic equipment. It's a never-ending circle.

As you correctly point out, the people who specify the components that go into the finished product are concerned with Zeiss and Nikons ability to make the parts they need at the price point they need and their reputation in those areas and not another division.

I suspect both Nikon divisions will continue.

Perhaps the subheadings of the following URL provide a good glimpse into Nikon:

Imaging Centers