Because state taxocrats will always find a taxable event somewhere if possible, someone is required to pay the tax on Nathan's suggested transaction, and it's probably him. Anyone have any definitive thoughts? As for question #2, it's answered in today's story here: http://www.politechbot.com/2006/04/13/a-new-tax/ -Declan -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Politech] At tax time, state governments push to tax Internet sales [econ] Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:26:25 -0400 From: Nathan L. Walls <nwalls@private> To: Declan McCullagh <declan@private> References: <443D4F2E.7010605@private> Declan; Two immediate questions I have from the article I'd love to have answers and opinion (from state officials and qualified tax preparers) on... 1) My online purchases for physical items are shipped to third parties as gifts. I'm purchasing an item in North Carolina from a vendor in Washington for friends in California. Who's responsible for what? It was a gift to my friends in California, so I'm pretty sure no tax is due there. I don't have the item in North Carolina, so no 'use' tax would be due here, I'm not using it in NC. However, if I had the same scenario in NY, this could cause me problems. 2) Items that I purchase for myself online, songs and video through iTunes, don't have a physical representation. Are use taxes due on those? Thanks for coverage of the issue. Nathan Walls On Apr 12, 2006, at 3:04 PM, Declan McCullagh wrote: > > http://news.com.com/States+push+to+tax+Net+shopping/ > 2100-1028_3-6060450.html > > States push to tax Net shopping > April 12, 2006, 11:27 AM PDT _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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