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cjwils · December 3, 2021, 04:45 PM

ACJones said: "As a private GB seller in Oklahoma selling to a private buyer in California via his FFL for transfer, will I still get billed by "somebody" for the sales tax I did not collect from my buyer? I already did not charge my buyer tax assuming I was exempt as a private seller selling USED merchandise. Is it too late for me to contact my buyer now and demand additional payment for sales tax?"

If your buyer in California cannot show his FFL an invoice showing that he already paid Calif sales tax, then the FFL is probably required by Calif law to collect the sales tax then. Anyway, that is how it works in Washington State.

December 3, 2021, 04:45 PM	#12
cjwils Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2010 Location: Washington state Posts: 401	ACJones said: "As a private GB seller in Oklahoma selling to a private buyer in California via his FFL for transfer, will I still get billed by "somebody" for the sales tax I did not collect from my buyer? I already did not charge my buyer tax assuming I was exempt as a private seller selling USED merchandise. Is it too late for me to contact my buyer now and demand additional payment for sales tax?" If your buyer in California cannot show his FFL an invoice showing that he already paid Calif sales tax, then the FFL is probably required by Calif law to collect the sales tax then. Anyway, that is how it works in Washington State.