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From YouTube: What is Use Tax and how do I pay it?
Description
Oklahoma City Treasurer Bob Ponkilla explains Oklahoma Use Tax and shows citizens how to pay tax on online purchases.
A
Council
has
asked
council,
Shadid
and
I
think
councilman
Greenwell
had
both
had
some
discussions
about
the
use
tax
and
and
how
what
is
the
use
tax
and
and
who
should
be
paying
for
it,
and
with
that
we
Bob
on
killa
from
the
our
city
treasurer.
Here
today,
you
fill
us
in
a
little
bit
about
the
mysterious
use
tax.
B
D
C
Do
we
have
to
pay
taxes
on
it?
Yes,
you
will
owe
use
tax
on
that
TV
you're
buying
online,
but
don't
take
it
from
me,
I'm
just
yelled
at
the
room.
The
law
requires.
You
pay
a
use
tax
on
certain
out
of
state
or
online
purchases
for
use
in
Oklahoma
visit,
taxed
at
ok,
guv
for
more
information,
peanuts.
B
Good
morning,
Bob
ponca
city
treasurer
also
have
with
me
this
morning.
Davis
per
year
he's
one
of
our
assistant
city,
treasurer's,
video
you
just
saw
is
one
that's
that
was
created
by
the
Oklahoma
Tax
Commission,
and
what
the
what
the
main
character
in
the
video
was
saying,
of
course,
is
that
use
tax
is
an
elephant
in
a
room
and
which
is
true,
I
mean
because
what
that
would
mean
is
that
it's
something
as
misunderstood,
not
fully
understood
by
most
folks,
and
it's
also
something
that
folks
just
are
really
interested
in
talking
about.
B
B
Basically,
use
tax
is
a
companion
to
sales
tax.
All
of
us
know
that
if
we
go
into
a
store
here
in
Oklahoma
City
we're
going
to
be
required
to
pay
sales
tax
on
our
purchases,
but
use
tax
is
very
much
the
same.
It's
a
it's
again,
a
companion
to
sales
tax,
but
it
applies
to
any
purchases
that
are
made
from
out
of
state.
If
you
make
a
purchase
from
out
of
state,
bring
those
purton
to
Oklahoma
and
you
use
those
goods
here
than
a
use
tax
will
will
apply
to
that
purchase.
B
A
lot
of
things
are
a
lot
of
times.
What
what
most
folks
relate
to
use
tax,
of
course,
is
on
purchases
and
the
thing
that
those
folks
don't
understand
is
when
you
make
a
purchase
online,
it's
not
a
tax-free
purchase.
There
are
statutes
in
place
that
require
that
you
pay
a
tax
on
that
purchase
of
basically
use
tax
is
again
required
for
any
purchases
that
or
made
outside
of
Oklahoma.
B
There
are
certain
exceptions
to
that
rule,
meaning
if
a
company
has
a
brick-and-mortar
location,
often
referred
to
as
a
nexus
within
Oklahoma,
they're
actually
required
to
collect
our
taxes.
On
that
purchase
we
have
a
sample
invoice
hear
of
a
purchase
that
was
made
online.
This
particular
purchase
purchase
was
made
from
best
buy.
Is
you
you
and
I
are
aware?
We
do
have
several
best
buy
locations
in
Oklahoma
City.
As
a
result,
Best
Buy
would
be
required
even
on
an
online
purchase
to
collect
that
sales
tax
or
admit
that
to
the
Oklahoma
Tax
Commission.
D
B
B
B
B
B
Actually,
my
next
point
has
good
lead
in.
There
are
certain
companies
that
do
that.
Our
online
retailers
that
have
voluntarily
elected
to
collect
our
local
taxes
there's
about
1,100
companies
that
have
elected
to
do
so
just
Oklahoma
City
alone
that
amounted
to
about
3.8
million
dollars
last
year,
so
that
that
would
be
that
situations
you
just
described.
B
Now
very
similar
to
sales
tax,
where,
as
we're
all
aware,
depending
on
where
you
make
that
purchase,
that
would
be
the
tax
rate
that
applies
in
most
situations
for
most
citizens
within
Oklahoma
City
would
be
the
eight
point,
three
seven
five
rate.
We
also
have
a
table
here
that
shows
that
the
rate
in
Oklahoma
City
is
eight
point
three
seven
five,
because
the
county
of
Oklahoma
County
does
not
charge
a
use
tax.
However,
some
of
the
surrounding
counties
into
which
Oklahoma
City
extends
do
charge
a
use
tax.
B
As
we
mentioned
earlier,
if
you
make
a
purchase
from
out
of
state
and
sales
tax
is
not
charged
on
that
purchase,
then
you
text
is
going
to
be
still
do
by
the
consumer.
So
if
you
make
a
purchase
online
and
again,
the
retailer
does
not
collect
sales
tax
on
it,
then
that
ultimate
responsibility
for
paying
at
use
tax
would
be
falls
on
you
as
a
consumer.
Again,
we
have
another
sample
invoice
here.
B
Again,
we
talked
about
you
know
in
regard
to
use
the
majority
of
this
relating
to
online
and
catalog
purchases.
I
also
want
to
point
out
that
businesses
are
also
subject
to
use
tax
any
event
that
they
make
a
purchase
from
out
of
state,
bring
it
into
Oklahoma
and
use
those
kids
here
in
Oklahoma
City.
They
actually
also
have
to
pay
use
tax.
A
good
example
of
that
would
be
hospitals.
B
So
we've
talked
about
it
when
it
applies.
What
is
used
tax,
I
guess?
The
next
question
would
be
well
how's
use
tax
paid
again.
We've
talked
about
businesses
remitting
directly
to
the
tax
commission
in
a
case
of
individuals.
Most
of
us
are
aware
that
you
can
pay
your
use
taxes
through
your
oklahoma
state
income
tax
return.
We
have
a
return
511
copy
here
and
you
can
see
on
line
20
you're,
given
the
opportunity
to
report
your
use
tax
on
your
purchases.
The
tax
commission
has
a
couple
of
options
for
this.
B
If
you
keep
your
records
throughout
the
year,
you
know
exactly
how
many
non
tax
purchases
you
made
there's
a
schedule.
You
enter
that
this
into
and
it
calculates
the
amount
of
use
taxes.
Do
you
enter
it
into
this
line
here?
The
other
option
is:
if,
if
you
don't
retain
your
records,
you're,
not
sure
exactly
the
dollar
amount
of
the
purchase
you
made
throughout
the
year,
you're
provided
an
opportunity
on
another
schedule
to
estimate
your
use,
taxes
and
again
calculate
the
use
tax
amount
here.
B
Another
option-
that's
fairly.
Recent,
is
one
that
the
tax
commission
has
made
available
on
our
website.
There's
a
web
page,
it's
available
now
that
where
you
can
pay
your
use
taxes
pretty
much
like
businesses
do
on
it
and
as
their
incurred
basis,
you
can
log
into
this
website.
Here
you
enter
your
contact
information
as
the
consumer
enter
the
amount
of
the
purchase
that
you
may
have
just
made
online.
That
tax
was
not
charged
and
what
happens
is
the
website
will
actually
calculate
the
the
use
tax?