occam
Hero
I'm in california... Why does every online company always have a physical pressence in California? LAME!
Heh. I live in Washington, and have to pay sales tax at Amazon, too. I can't catch a break! Maybe we should both move to Oregon.
Lame!
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Heh. I live in Washington, and have to pay sales tax at Amazon, too. I can't catch a break! Maybe we should both move to Oregon.
Relique du Madde
Adventurer
Nope, because he's busy trying to make California become the highest taxed state in the union (especially when it comes to business related taxes).
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Glyfair
Explorer
Apparently in PA they expect you to pay sales tax on things you buy out-of-state (less the sales tax you actually paid to the state). It comes up occasionally because here in DE we get a lot of traffic from surrounding states because we have no sales tax. Occasionally it gets mentioned in news stories.Well technically you have to pay tax on stuff you buy online... you just have to report it on your tax return... You all do that RIGHT????
I don't know how that translates to taxes over the internet. I know that when there was some discussion on having a national internet sales tax (that's proceeds would go to the states, in at least one version) I was a bit annoyed. I would have a strong incentive not to buy anything over the internet, instead only trying to find it locally.
Garnfellow
Explorer
That sounds like a deal. Lobster is going for ridiculously low prices right now, so we'll probably end up with the better end of this trade. I must have bought 12 pounds worth last weekend for less than $60.You guys also have good Lobster...
I'll trade you some sourdough for some good Lobstah!
Brown Jenkin
First Post
I am confused on how this happens and is different than a paper subscription or a MMO subscription? I don't know if there are any taxes on these other items but if there is that tax is eaten by the seller. Wotc should just deal with it like every other company and charge one pice for everyone and pay any taxes they need to out of thier overall revenue.
That One Guy
First Post
I want a sourdough/lobster sandwich now. Thanks guys.
I totally misread the mod post as please do not talk about trading foods at first.
I totally misread the mod post as please do not talk about trading foods at first.
occam
Hero
They can't do that. Online sellers are mandated by the state to collect sales tax from state residents if they have a physical presence (HQ, sales office, warehouse, etc.) in that state. That's true of everyone, not just WotC or Digital River.
And as Scribble pointed out, just because you live in a state where the seller doesn't have a physical presence, that doesn't let you off the hook. Theoretically, you should be calculating the sales tax on things you buy from out-of-state sellers and sending that money to the state yourself. No one enforces that because it's too difficult. The idea behind states agreeing to a common sales tax for online sales is to make the tax calculations simple enough that they can then compel online sellers to collect sales tax in all states.
No one absorbs the cost of taxes in the price of the goods they're selling. If you're not paying sales tax to an online seller, you either live in a jurisdiction that doesn't charge sales tax, or the seller doesn't have a physical presence where you live.
Scribble
First Post
That is one nice thing (ok one of the many nice things) about living in San Francisco... It's not Lobster, but I can go to the wharf get some fresh crab, clam chowder in a sourdough bowl, and a nice bottle of wine to eat while I sit and watch the boats go by...
Brown Jenkin
First Post
My point here is that for something like World of Warcraft I have never heard that California residents have to pay tax on top of their subscription fees.
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