Lids Sales Tax Information for Online Purchases

Lids offers a vast selection of hats, caps, accessories and apparel through their online storefront. Because they have a large internet presence and can offer their products all over, sales tax will apply to all orders.

Calculating Sales Tax

Since sales tax rates vary all over the country, Lids will use the shipping address to determine the state sales tax rate for your order. This means if you place an order as a gift and have it shipped to a different address, you could pay a different tax rate than what it would be in your home city.

Why Do I Have To Pay Sales Tax?

Any time a company offers a product for sale, state sales tax must be paid for all order placed in that state. Lids has a presence all over, and is considered to have a 'substantial nexus' all across the country. Any time a company has a nexus like this, sales tax must be paid to each individual state. So even if you do not reside in the state that Lids is based in, you will still have to pay your states sales tax on any order.