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Edited by xTheLegendary1x:
10/3/2014 7:54:50 PM
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Being charged sales tax twice is illegal
I have attempted to contact activation and bungie about this issue but have yet to hear a response. I recently purchased the destiny expansion pass at my local best buy and I noticed when i went home i was charged sales tax. from what i understand from best buy and Microsoft the expansion is technically a gift card purchase and i should not be charged sales tax in most states being charged sales tax for a gift card is illegal... so after i redeemed coded and i was once again charged sales tax via Microsoft. I wanted to bring this to someones attention considering how much money is being for a lack of a better term being stolen from the general public of gamers. I did contact microsoft and they agreed but i could not speak to anyone of any importance who can do anything so hopefully someone from bungie reads this and can do something and make this right because millions of dollars have been and being stolen
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#Destiny
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Best bring it up with Microsoft they are the ones doing it Back when it was points you weren't charged tax
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2 RepliesIt definitely seems suspicious to be charged sales tax on what amounted to a gift card. If they said it was a purchase for the expansion then the mistake is on the online side (you already paid the full price plus tax, just deliver the product!). Then it should be completely refunded for everyone. If it was just essentially a gift card, it should not include sales tax on the purchase at retail. Don't know how they are going to refund that for everyone.
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5 RepliesThe pass is content so yes there is tax
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2 RepliesShoulda gone with ps4.
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1 ReplyReposting this so more people see it: You were charged sales tax for the card. But the card's value remained at $35, so you only got $35 worth when you put it on your account. Microsoft charges tax for the expansion pass separately, so a $35 gift card would not actually be enough to cover the entire expense. Everything is working as intended, what's not understandable?
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14 RepliesHow did you get charged tax by Microsoft? You should have simply had a code to input on Xbox or Xbox.com which would have triggered a confirmation (no DL yet). Either you are confused, or did it wrong.
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2 RepliesMy prepaid dlc gave me a code that credited by account for $35. It then charged me $34.99 with no tax from tge marketplace. Hell, I ended up with an extra penny, not extra tax.
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If taxing twice as illegal, the government would be in hot water...with themselves...which means they can get away with it anyway. But I mean they tax my money, then tax my capital gains from my investments. I don't care what kind of wording people use to try to justify it, it's double dipping on taxation.
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13 RepliesPre paid cards with codes only prompt downloads. You Sir are a troll... Post some screenshots of Xbox live charging you sales tax...
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1 ReplyThe only person you should be contacting is the Internal Revenue Service. It is not illegal. Microsoft, bungie, Sony, Apple, All companies who sell a product are required to pay tax on that sale, so they pass it on to you. It doesn't matter what it is, car, toaster, bread, ice cream, or yes even gift cards. The seller pays tax on that sale. They can defer it, but they still pay it. You are buying a right to purchase something in the future. That right costs you something. Sales tax. Complain all you want. Go to the IRS website. Good luck
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1 ReplyBeing taxed twice should be illegal. [b]PERIOD.[/b] They take taxes out my damn check and then I pay taxes on my games or other various purchases!!!! BS! [b]Yes, I'm angry.[/b]
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4 RepliesWell, best buy has to charge you tax for a purchase you make (lets forget all that gift card debate) Now, when you redeem an already paid for (and taxed) code, microsoft should not apply taxes to that product as the taxes for the purchase have already been covered. The only time they should be taxing is when you make a purchase in their xbox live store and not when you redeem a code. Check with Microsoft's customer service, check with your bank to make sure the transactions actually happened and it was not just a UI issue.
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No tax at all was charged to me for either the game itself or the expansion pass. Laws vary by state my friend.
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5 RepliesBe smart and don't do business with places that tax on gift card type items.
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5 RepliesI don't even pay sales tax when I buy video games/extra content anymore. PSN store doesn't tax you when you buy digital.
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4 RepliesIt's not a gift card. And never, ever buy that kind of stuff in store. It's just kinda dumb to do so.
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1 ReplySales tax goes to your state/township and not Microsoft. If this is the biggest problem you have today, consider yourself extremely lucky, call your Attorney General, listen to them laugh at you and then get on with your life.
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2 RepliesNone of this sounds correct. Also, who cares. Its like $2 - $6
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6 RepliesMillions of dollars is being stolen...lmao They let 6th grade out early today huh?
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10 Replies????? the expansion WAS NOT A GIFT! if you pre-ordered you were charged 1 time with 1 tax, if you went into best buy and bought the game and the expansion together it should be 1 tax, if bought separate it should be 2 tax charges..... ANd that issue is with the STORE YOU BOUGHT IT... WTF does Microsoft have to do with it??
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1 ReplyBungie doesn't get to keep any of the tax, you should take it up with Best Buy.
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5 RepliesThe expansion pass is not a gift card and everyone gets charged sales tax for it. But I don't know why you would get charged for redeeming the code
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10 RepliesMove to a less crooked state.
