[nylug-talk] [OT] internet sales tax for NY in Dec. and the US?

[Jay Sulzberger]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2007, Carl Friedberg <friedberg at exs.esb.com> wrote:

> Kevin,
>
>> NY residents who shop on ´the tubes',
>
> Do you file a combined New York City / New York State income
> tax return? Do you lie when they ask you how much you spent
> on purchases made, where no sales tax was collected?
> No matter where the purchase was made, you owe the USE tax
> under New York State law.
>
> That's been on the NYS income tax returns for about 3 or 4
> years now, and was instituted by the Republican, anti-tax
> liar George Pataki... no different, apparently, than Spitzer.
>
> New York State sales tax auditors have been combing the
> books of a number of large, out-of-state retailers looking
> for large sales to hit up wealthy tax cheats for many
> years. This is cold potatoes.
>
> This is politics, and does not belong on NYLUG-TALK
>
> IMNSHO
>
> Carl Friedberg

NYLUG is, and always has been, of necessity, a political
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may read the announcement of tonight's meeting.

oo--JS.