Re: Tax Moratorium Expiring
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numero = 39491
interpreted = N
texte = Glenn Busbin wrote:> [snip] > > Nope. The state tax bureaucrats are lobbying to charge the tax in effect at the address to which an item is shipped. That may or may not be the same as the buyer's address.either way it ludicrous.> To complicate it even further, some states have tax holidays, usually just before school resumes in the fall. This lets merchants sell some items tax-free for a few days, but sales taxes must be paid on other items. For example, a scuba diver's wet suit (clothing) can be sold tax-free, but a scuba diving mask (sports gear) may not be. Go figure. > > If someone creates a db that keeps track of all of this, they'll have done a helluva job.not to mention county and city taxes. Thats exactly why I think a business who has an ecommerce business ( no matter where the server is ) should only have to pay sales tax amounts based on the origin of the registered business. The politicians whom are lobbying to tax based on where it is shipped have no clue in my opinion.>-- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer Graphics I know I'm making progress when I look at the questions I have asked in the past and think to myself... how stupid was that ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Glenn Busbin wrote:> [snip] > > Nope. The state tax bureaucrats are lobbying to charge the tax in effect at the address to which an item is shipped. That may or may not be the same as the buyer's address.either way it ludicrous.> To complicate it even further, some states have tax holidays, usually just before school resumes in the fall. This lets merchants sell some items tax-free for a few days, but sales taxes must be paid on other items. For example, a scuba diver's wet suit (clothing) can be sold tax-free, but a scuba diving mask (sports gear) may not be. Go figure. > > If someone creates a db that keeps track of all of this, they'll have done a helluva job.not to mention county and city taxes. Thats exactly why I think a business who has an ecommerce business ( no matter where the server is ) should only have to pay sales tax amounts based on the origin of the registered business. The politicians whom are lobbying to tax based on where it is shipped have no clue in my opinion.>-- Donovan D. Brooke Systems Administrator/ Assc. Art Director Epsen Hillmer Graphics I know I'm making progress when I look at the questions I have asked in the past and think to myself... how stupid was that ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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