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My little way to contribute to NY state coffers

Started by nyc10023
about 16 years ago
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Member since: Nov 2008
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I am going to tally up Internet purchases, and pay the use tax going forward (from 2008). Anyone have any moral/ethical reason NOT to do so?
Response by somewhereelse
about 16 years ago
Posts: 7435
Member since: Oct 2009

Yes, because New York passed the complete bogus law telling companies that if they had affiliates in New York who put banners on their home pages, this counted as a presence in NY, and the retailer had to collect local sales tax.

Quite a scam, and NY should be punished.

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Response by OnTheMove
about 16 years ago
Posts: 227
Member since: Oct 2007

nyc10023: I did that the last three years, but I suspect I won't be doing that going forward since 99% of my purchases are through Amazon, which NY State bullied into charging a "sales" tax.

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