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From: davids@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Dave Schreiber)
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Subject: Re: Sales Tax issues
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Date: 14 Jun 90 05:42:52 GMT
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In article <13343@netcom.UUCP> mcmahan@netcom.UUCP (Dave Mc Mahan) writes:
>
> In a previous article, davids@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Dave Schreiber) writes:
>>
>>In article <137142@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes:
>>>Why would Commodore know anything about whether or not someone would
>>>have to pay sales tax? That isn't their problem, period. Call your
>>
>>Excuse me?  Commodore collects the sales taxes;  it is very much their
>>problem.

[...]

>If the end user buys a product via mailorder, the sales tax is still supposed
>to be collected, even if the product crosses tax boundaries (like state lines).

Or even if the product was bought while travelling overseas two years ago.
(Sorry, had to get that bit of Calif. politics in. :-) ).

[...]

>Unless you buy direct from C= (or anyplace else) and are the end user, you
>don't have to pay tax.  I'm not sure, but I doubt if C= would sell direct
>to the end-user (maybe with the educational discount, but even then I think
>they go through the local school book store and avoid the tax issue).  I

Well, the with the educational discount plan, all the dealer does is
send the order form & certified check, and then holds the computer for
the customer once it arrives.  He doesn't really sell anything.  I agree
that sales tax isn't Commodore's problem when someone buys a computer
through the normal procedure, but that isn't what started this discussion;
it started over the question "does one pay sales tax on an educationally
discounted machine when the dealer isn't in Pennsylvania?"  The answer,
it turned out, is yes if the dealer is in Georgia, Virginia, Illinois,
or California (sob, whine).  Otherwise, no.

>would think that C= is responsible for collecting tax on employee sales, as
>in that case they ARE selling directly to the end-user.  That would be the
>only case I could think of, unless a huge company wanted to purchase lots
>of machines and C= dealt with them directly.  Then, C= would have to collect
>the proper tax or obtain the resale number of the buyer.

[...]

>>>--Chuck McManis					    Sun Microsystems

>>Dave Schreiber                        The blue leprechaun

>   -dave


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