Active duty military stationed overseas for all of 2025 and an Illinois resident. Why do I have to pay sales tax on items that I bought at my overseas base?

[keith-becker123]

I've been stationed overseas for years and this is the first time TurboTax has me paying sales tax on items I bought at my overseas base. None of these items have ever been to Illinois.

[SteamTrain]

Not sure you should report those..

From the actual Q&A Page from the IL dept of Rev

" Illinois law requires you to pay tax at Illinois rates on purchases you make for use or consumption in Illinois

• when you buy goods from businesses located outside Illinois and bring them into Illinois or
• when you have the goods delivered to you from businesses located outside Illinois."

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...and you aren't bringing those purchase into IL. 

However if you buy gifts for family, and send them to IL......maybe so.

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Use Tax for Individuals - Questions and Answers

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Not sure how IL views it if you leave service and return to IL to live with some of those items...say...5 yrs from now.