From: adam@address.invalid   
      
   Jim Beard wrote:   
   > On 12/14/2012 10:34 PM, Moe Trin wrote:   
   >> I used to know some of that - I_believe_  the credit is being handled   
   >> as a "price markdown" (the price is being_reduced_  by that amount,   
   >> which lessens the taxable price) rather than the credit being used   
   >> as a replacement for cash (which would not reduce the reported sale   
   >> price).   
   >   
   > One legal rationale is that part of the prices you paid for the earlier   
   > stuff has been converted to payment on the new item, and you already   
   > paid the tax on that.   
      
   But the used ink/toner cartridges that I turned in to get the store   
   credit might have been purchased in a state that didn't charge sales tax   
   on them (e.g. NH).  Exactly which goods and services are taxable in NYS   
   is so confusing that I no longer bother to keep track.   
      
   Adam   
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