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[Nancy Palmquist]

Kenneth Brody wrote:

> Quoting Walter Vaughan (Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:20:46 -0500):
> 
> 
>>Seems the state of New York thinks that it has nexis[0] if you remotely
>>perform work  for a company located in NY. While at first glance this is
>>a reasonable request of the state, it's probably apply to independent
>>contractors soon.
>>
>>
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> http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/05/03/29/2347245.shtml?tid=98&tid=123&tid=103&tid=17
> 
> As a New Yorker, I'm not surprised at this.  Last year the state said
> you have to pay New York sales tax on items bought outside of the state
> but used within the state.  (And not just things bought through the mail,
> but everything.  If you go on vacation and buy something and bring it back
> to New York, you need to pay New York sales tax.)

Do you do it?

They have a similar law here in Allegheny County - 7% sales tax, which 
requires you to pay if you purchase something in an adjacent county with 
only a 6% tax.  I am required to collect the 7% since I am the point of 
sale for anything I sell in PA, not just what is sold within my county.

Right now, I am not required to collect tax for purchases sent outside 
the state.  I don't expect that to last forever as someone will want tax 
on those sales.

What I do object to is being required to act as a tax collector at all. 
  If the states all got together and set a uniform tax, and just said 
that if you sell it collect this much tax, no matter where you are or 
where it is going.  You send that in to the state and they sort out some 
sharing method.  Everything sold PA to PA - stays in the state. 
Everything sold PA to NY is split between PA and NY.  I would just need 
to tell them my sales by state - they could work it out.

Probably a nightmare but it would be applicable to internet sales, 
retail sales and mail order sales and would allow the rate to be 
decreased since all the people that do not pay tax and all the 
differences between states would be evened out.  I think it would be a 
boost.  But I know it will never happen.  How in the world will they get 
50 states to agree on anything.

Nancy

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