"Sales tax is typically imposed on the "sale, use or consumption" of TPP. When a resident of a state travels to another state and makes purchases in a retail store they typically will be charged the sales tax.

If the purchaser requests to have the product shipped to their home state (which in this case does not impose a tax), they may request that the home state tax be charged. However, this may be difficult for the retailer to accomplish as their point of sales systems are coded with that location's tax rate and applying another tax rate may be difficult.

Besides, the likelihood of a retail cashier understanding what the heck you are talking about are slim to none.

Finally, if the NH resident will be consuming the goods or putting them into first use in the state of California, for example, then I am sorry to say, they need to pay the tax. I don't know about you but if I buy something new, I want to wear/use it right away ...

My best advice to the New Hampshire resident is to plan for paying the sales taxes. They may want to call the specific state(s) for guidance. Depending on the state, there may be some sort of refund provision. The attached document has some Washington information. This states that if the purchaser can prove their state of residence and that the purchase will be put to use in that state, they may claim exemption.

I hope this helps."