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Sales taxes are generally applicable to the final retail sale of a good for ultimate use, not for transfer of intellectual property rights.
by pwned1 6y ago
Sales taxes are generally applicable to the final retail sale of a good for ultimate use, not for transfer of intellectual property rights.
- Pxtl 6y agoI haven't worked on the money side of a business - businesses are allowed to claim an expense for purposes of reducing their income tax burden, but they don't have to pay sales taxes on that same expense if it's internal to an associated business? That seems perverse. "I spent money on X" "Okay where's the sales tax payments for X?" "The money went to myself, so there's no sales tax" "So then you didn't spend the money?" "Yes I did."
- pwned1 6y agoThey do, it's called a use tax. So if you buy paper for your business and don't pay sales tax, you'll generally have to pay the same amount in use tax.