Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!amdcad!sun!stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM!cmcmanis From: cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Sales Tax issues Message-ID: <137142@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> Date: 12 Jun 90 21:45:28 GMT References: <2034@lakesys.lakesys.com> <28075@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <4313@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Sender: news@sun.Eng.Sun.COM Distribution: usa Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca. Lines: 37 In article <28075@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> (gregory b molik) writes: > The dealer near me called Commodore and Commodore said that people > out-of-state do not have to pay the sales tax. In article <4313@darkstar.ucsc.edu> (Dave Schreiber) writes: > I just called my dealer, and he said that you _do_ have to pay sales > tax. When I told him about the above message, he was surprised and > said he would call Commodore. Can someone from Commodore please post > the official policy on this? Thanks. Why would Commodore know anything about whether or not someone would have to pay sales tax? That isn't their problem, period. Call your state board of equalization to figure out whether or not you have to pay sales tax. Originally, any sale going *OUT OF STATE* was exempt from *STATE SALES TAX* because the transaction crossed the state boundary taking it effectively out of the jurisdiction of either state. However, since states are desparate for more tax money and their citizens have denied them such they are looking for loop holes and this is one of them. The state of CALIFORNIA is attempting to collect sales tax on any transaction that starts or ends in CALIFORNIA. The state of WISCONSIN is attempting to collect sales and liquor taxes on beverages served in airplanes flying over the state of WISCONSIN. The state of MASSACHUSETTS is looking to collect sales tax on any sales made by a company anywhere that is incorporated in MASSACHUSETTS. Anyway, the answer is "Commodore can't give you a definitive answer because they don't know." You're local office of the State Board of Equalization will tell you what is legally required. -- --Chuck McManis Sun Microsystems uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: Internet: cmcmanis@Eng.Sun.COM These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. "I tell you this parrot is bleeding deceased!"