<div dir="ltr"><div>Good Afternoon Hivemind:</div><div><br></div><div>I am working on a business sale involving company assets subject to use tax. Both buyer and seller want the use tax paid at the time of closing. I have read through DOR's forms and called DOR to confirm, and I am told that the only way to pay use tax (on behalf of a buyer that is a business entity) is through the buyer's next quarterly tax return to DOR. The consumer use tax return form even says not to use the form for "[a] registered business. Please report use tax on your tax return."</div><div><br></div><div>Nonetheless, the seller's broker insists that it can be paid at the time of closing by another method to DOR but is unsure how. Does this make sense to anyone? Is there a form that I'm missing? I'd love to give DOR their money right away if there is a way to do that, but they say they don't want it now. I know it's hard to believe.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you in advance,</div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Gabriel A. Dietz</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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