US Shopping at 0% Sales Tax: What You Save, What You Still Pay

If you searched for US shopping 0 sales tax, the short answer is New Hampshire. The state has no general sales tax, so eligible purchases delivered to our confirmed New Hampshire receiving address can skip that line at a US checkout. Freight, service fees and your own country’s import duties and taxes still apply, and this guide covers each one.

How sales tax works at a US checkout

In the USA, sales tax is usually added by the retailer at checkout, as a separate line under the item price. It is generally worked out from the delivery address, which is why the same cart can show different totals for different addresses.

That matters when you shop from abroad with a US address. The retailer looks at where the parcel is delivered inside the USA, so the location of your receiving address affects what you pay the store.

What US shopping at 0% sales tax removes

New Hampshire has no general state sales tax. Amaboxly LLC is registered there and it is our US buying base, which is why we use a New Hampshire receiving address for customer parcels.

For eligible purchases delivered to the receiving address and suite we confirm for you, the sales tax line at checkout can be zero. Your saving is whatever tax the retailer would have added for a different US delivery address. We do not list other states’ rates here because they vary, so compare the retailer’s order summary before you pay.

The word "eligible" matters. Retailers apply their own tax rules, and the final order summary is the only place to confirm what a specific cart is charged. The item price, and any delivery charge the retailer adds within the USA, stay the same.

What you still pay

A zero on the tax line is one part of the total. These costs remain:

Some things we do not charge for. There is no Amaboxly purchase fee when you buy from the retailer yourself, no extra air freight packing fee on top of the weight rate, and no storage fee on normal US trips, because the parcel leaves on the next trip. The full list is on our forwarding fees and terms page.

A worked freight example

Billed weight is the higher of actual weight and dimensional weight, with a minimum of 1 kg per box. Dimensional weight is length x width x height in inches, divided by 166 to get pounds, then multiplied by 0.4536 to get kilograms.

Take one box measuring 16 x 12 x 8 inches that weighs 5 kg on the scale, going to a Klang Valley address:

• Dimensional weight: 16 x 12 x 8 = 1,536. 1,536 / 166 = 9.25 lb. 9.25 x 0.4536 = about 4.2 kg.
• Billed weight: 5 kg, because the actual weight is higher.
• Malaysia air freight: 5 kg x USD 17.90 per kg = USD 89.50.
• Door delivery: RM 60 per address + RM 15 for one box = RM 75.

The calculator converts the freight to ringgit at the rate shown on the calculator that day. Rates are reviewed and may change, so run your own box through it before you buy.

Outside Malaysia, standard worldwide air freight is twice the Malaysia per-kg rate. The same box would be 5 kg x USD 35.80 = USD 179.00, before door delivery and any import or clearance charges. Some destinations, including Canada, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates, use a separate benchmark-based rate, and every route outside Malaysia needs a destination-specific quote.

Set the freight figure next to the tax saving. The saving grows with the item price, while freight grows with weight and box size.

Import duties and taxes at your destination

The New Hampshire address affects US sales tax only. It does not remove your destination country’s import duties, taxes or clearance charges, which are set by that country and paid by the buyer.

The general process is similar in most places. Customs looks at the declared value, the description of the contents and the receipt, then decides whether any duty or tax is due. Thresholds and rates differ by country and change over time, so check your customs authority’s current guidance before you buy.

For forwarded parcels, we handle US and Malaysia customs clearance, and you must give an accurate declaration and receipt when you declare the parcel in your forwarding account. For international orders from our own shop, duties and taxes are not included in our prices or delivery fees, and we declare the accurate item value on customs forms.

Three ways to buy through our New Hampshire base

If the item is already listed in our shop as Ready Stock Malaysia, Ready Stock USA or Pre-Order, order it from the product page. The shop’s own price, delivery and returns policy apply.

If you want to buy from a US retailer yourself, open My Account, Forwarding, and choose "I bought something". Get the complete receiving address and suite details before checkout, and never ship to an incomplete address. Our US address checkout checklist covers what to confirm first.

If a US store rejects your non-US card or billing address, use Buy for me. You send the exact product link, we review availability and eligibility, and we place the order after you pay the payment request. There is a small assisted-purchase fee per checkout, shown on the Buy for me page and in your payment request. Retailer acceptance and stock are never guaranteed.

Batteries, power banks, liquids, aerosols, cosmetics, magnets and fragile glass or ceramics need extra review before buying, so ask us first.