Anything sold in Ohio would have sales tax.... Nothing you can do to get around that. As far as the levers, I guess my concern is the two? piece design. I would be afraid that the secondary part would break off or feel uncomfortable versus the single piece design. From use, what you do get/feel from them Prez? Also, the last crash I had didn't break the lever, it broke the perch to the MC which these don't appear to come with.