Sentence examples for avoiding sales from inspiring English sources

Those that remain complain of "showrooming," when shoppers inspect their wares, then leave the store to buy the same products on the Internet, finding lower prices and avoiding sales taxes.

Avoiding sales taxes has long been one of the lures of shopping online.

On top of that, the fact that Amazon got its market share initially by avoiding sales tax and taking money away from building and maintaining schools, hospitals and highways is just icing on the cake.

Nor does Szkutak's statement clash entirely with the story earlier this month in the Financial Times (the link requires FT registration), which claimed that Amazon has shifted its focus from avoiding sales taxes (effectively giving shoppers a lower price) to an emphasis on speed so that it can "offer same-day delivery to more consumers".

German authorities are looking into whether bank employees conspired to avoid sales tax on the trading of carbon emission certificates.

For instance, evaders can make use of the tax-exempt status of non-profit organisations (such as museums) to avoid sales tax.

The administration favored the extended tax to thwart the common practice of categorizing other goods, like luxury cars, as food and medicine to avoid sales taxes.

First, individual investors should take control of their financial destinies, educate themselves, avoid sales pitches and invest in a well-diversified portfolio of low-cost index funds, like those offered by Vanguard, which operates on a not-for-profit basis.

The head of the outfit, Dr. Flintstein (David Strathairn), explains the options: "Your soul will be stored here, or, if you'd rather avoid sales tax, it can be shipped to our New Jersey warehouse".

Ms. Giovinazzo contends that increases in property and sales taxes have hurt small retailers and other businesses in the district, because customers are flocking to New Jersey to avoid sales tax.

The system, which required buyers to have local ID cards, helped thwart attempts by visitors from mainland China to scoop up gadgets early and avoid sales tax at home.