Who refunds the sales tax when you are refunded for an item under a warranty claim?

[Anonymous]

I filed a warranty claim on an expensive item I bought earlier this year. They paid the claim, but not the sales tax, which was quite a lot. I had to pay sales tax again on the replacement item of course, so now I still have one item (the new one replacing the broken one), but have had to pay sales tax on it twice.

If they had just sent me the replacement item, there would have been no new sales tax. If I had taken the item into a store for a refund, they would have refunded the sales tax. Also, when they send the check, I'm not required to spend it on the exact same item, I can spend it on anything I want, or just keep the money, so again, there would have been no sales tax if I had done that.

So how is it fair that I'm paying sales tax twice just because I bought the replacement item?

Thanks for any info or advice.

Updates

5 mo

It turns out, the seller is supposed to refund the sales tax, in all situations.

So if you get a refund from a warranty, the original seller has to refund the sales tax.

If they don't, you can report them to the state, who will force them to refund it to you, but most like eBay or Amazon will just refund it to you when you ask. Usually they don't know when you've had a warranty claim because it's with an outside insurance company, so you have to ask for the refund.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Usually the people who collect the taxes will refund you. In the US, that’s the IRS.

[WindAtMyBack]

I've always had the full amount I paid refunded to me, including sales tax.

If that's not what happened you should check into it. Check the laws where you live.

[AngryCarl2]

Sales tax? You mean like VAT? That's just part of the price. If it's a refund it should cover what you paid. Sounds like you got robbed, Twice.

[Asker]

It's sales tax in the U. S. and it's not part of the price.

[slatyb]

It will depend on the tax laws where you live.

[In_Trance]

Ask your government about that