Q. My dads going to buy me a gun for my birthday but he learned aboUt straw sales and is concerned now. I am 16 and unable to get one myself. Is it legal for him to get me one?
Answer
A straw purchase would be where someone buys a gun on another persons accord because that person can't for whatever reason. So if you for example gave someone your money to buy the gun for you that would be a straw purchase. Buying a gun for others is ilegal and can land both people in prison for 10 years. Buying a gun as a gift though is not illegal so long as the individual who is getting the gun is not using their money and could legally buy it themselves. So by the core of your question it is not a straw purchase.
However you are not 18. But you are of immediate family. Transfers are different when it comes to immediate family. So at 16 you can possess a firearm but until you are 18 it would still legally be your fathers. And when you turn 18 you can take ownership of it. Possession and ownership are not the same in this regard. You can use it, you can keep it in your room and so on but if you move out before you are 18 you cannot take it with you. You can hunt on your own with it but you cannot go out to the range or plinking alone. At least not until you are 18.
A straw purchase would be where someone buys a gun on another persons accord because that person can't for whatever reason. So if you for example gave someone your money to buy the gun for you that would be a straw purchase. Buying a gun for others is ilegal and can land both people in prison for 10 years. Buying a gun as a gift though is not illegal so long as the individual who is getting the gun is not using their money and could legally buy it themselves. So by the core of your question it is not a straw purchase.
However you are not 18. But you are of immediate family. Transfers are different when it comes to immediate family. So at 16 you can possess a firearm but until you are 18 it would still legally be your fathers. And when you turn 18 you can take ownership of it. Possession and ownership are not the same in this regard. You can use it, you can keep it in your room and so on but if you move out before you are 18 you cannot take it with you. You can hunt on your own with it but you cannot go out to the range or plinking alone. At least not until you are 18.
What's the deal with gift cards and sales tax?
Q. If I purchase a $100 gift card from Apple, do I pay sales tax?
If the person I give it to, goes to Apple and buys something for $100, they would pay sales tax in cash, right?
Okay, but what if the item they buy is $95 and the sales tax is 5%? That comes out to $100. So in this case, the gift card could cover the sales tax right? So confusing...
If the person I give it to, goes to Apple and buys something for $100, they would pay sales tax in cash, right?
Okay, but what if the item they buy is $95 and the sales tax is 5%? That comes out to $100. So in this case, the gift card could cover the sales tax right? So confusing...
Answer
Think of a gift card as money that can only be spent at the store it came from. You can use it to pay any sales tax on your purchase.
Think of a gift card as money that can only be spent at the store it came from. You can use it to pay any sales tax on your purchase.
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