Any telecommuting fpDevelopers watching this?

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Ron Kracht (Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:49:28 -0500):
[... New York taxing out-of-state telecommuters ...]
> >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.)
[...]
> That's not unique to NY.   KY has the same tax regulations as do I
> expect most other states.  Since no one is normally tracking your out of
> state purchases it's a regulation that is most often enforced when those
> purchases are discovered in the midst of some other investigation and
> have significant value. They are a lot more concerned about you crossing
> the state line to buy a new car than they are about the Mickey Mouse
> ears you brought back from Florida.

True, but last year New York started enforcing it by requiring you to
declare these on your state income tax forms.

You have the option of (a) claiming zero out-of-state purchases and
paying zero taxes, (b) itemizing everything, or (c) paying an "estimated"
sales tax based (I believe) on income.  I'm sure most people simply pay
the estimated taxes, fearing an audit will be triggered by claiming zero.
Voila!  Instant extra tax income for the state.

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