[Asterisk-biz] Tax?

[trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com]

On Thu, 2005-07-21 at 15:09 -0400, Matt wrote:
> Hi,
> When offering VoIP services to customers in the U.S. are there any
> taxes/fees that providers currently need to worry/be aware of?

Generally no, however each state is free to impose a sales tax, I am
unaware of any that do have sales tax on voip service, but its best to
check with the state board of equilazation (or whatever they call
themselves if the state you are operating in).

*normally* you only have to worry about the states you have offices in,
but some have been talking (for over a year) about taxing sales on the
internet no matter where the business is.  The mailorder rules typically
apply however.  CA was one state that was hard up on taxing internet
sales if the b uyer is in the state, but that I believe fell through
because its too hard to enforce.

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