Any telecommuting fpDevelopers watching this?

[Ron Kracht]

Kenneth Brody wrote:

>Quoting Ron Kracht (Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:49:28 -0500):
>[... New York taxing out-of-state telecommuters ...]
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>>>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.)
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>>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.
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>True, but last year New York started enforcing it by requiring you to
>declare these on your state income tax forms.
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>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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Once again - true of KY (for many years now) and a lot of other states
as well I'm sure.  If you haven't made any significant out of state
purchases I think you can be comfortable declaring $0.   For purchases
of any significance you should keep receipts and declare them -
especially since they are likely to show up on your credit card
statements :-)