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Note that tarsnap is not available for Canada at this time :/

by Hexstream 17y ago

lpgauth 17y ago
Why are citizens and residents of Canada not allowed to use tarsnap? What do you have against Canucks? I don't have anything against Canadians — in fact, I am one. I do have something against sales tax. Dealing with federal and provincial sales taxes would not only mean dealing with extra paperwork; it would also mean figuring out whether the government considers me to be selling software (the tarsnap client code), providing a service within Canada (since I'm resident here), or providing a service outside of Canada (since the tarsnap service is provided via hardware in the US) -- not to mention questions like whether tarsnap is "data warehousing", "data processing", "telecommunications", or something else entirely. How tarsnap is classified would determine if I'd have to charge sales tax, how much, and to whom — and I'm guessing that those answers are different between federal and provincial taxes, too. From what I've read about sales taxes I'm reasonably confident about one thing, however: I don't need to charge sales tax to non-Canadians. So for the moment, I'm taking the path of least resistance: Don't allow Canadians to use tarsnap, and spend my time writing code instead of trying to figure out how complicated sales tax laws, which were written by people who never imagined the internet or online services, apply to tarsnap.
- mcav 17y ago
  (that was quoted from the tarsnap website)
  - lpgauth 17y ago
    Yes, I should of probably cited where this came from. This is from the Tarsnap FAQ. (I'm not affiliated in any way.)
- jhancock 17y ago
  I think Colin would do well to lead his explanation with a cleaned up version of the second paragraph "So for the moment, I'm taking the path of least resistance..."
forensic 17y ago
I live in canada and it's working fine for me :P
- cperciva 17y ago
  ahem

5 ms·

Note that tarsnap is not available for Canada at this time :/

by Hexstream 17y ago

Note that tarsnap is not available for Canada at this time :/

lpgauth 17y ago
Why are citizens and residents of Canada not allowed to use tarsnap? What do you have against Canucks? I don't have anything against Canadians — in fact, I am one. I do have something against sales tax. Dealing with federal and provincial sales taxes would not only mean dealing with extra paperwork; it would also mean figuring out whether the government considers me to be selling software (the tarsnap client code), providing a service within Canada (since I'm resident here), or providing a service outside of Canada (since the tarsnap service is provided via hardware in the US) -- not to mention questions like whether tarsnap is "data warehousing", "data processing", "telecommunications", or something else entirely. How tarsnap is classified would determine if I'd have to charge sales tax, how much, and to whom — and I'm guessing that those answers are different between federal and provincial taxes, too. From what I've read about sales taxes I'm reasonably confident about one thing, however: I don't need to charge sales tax to non-Canadians. So for the moment, I'm taking the path of least resistance: Don't allow Canadians to use tarsnap, and spend my time writing code instead of trying to figure out how complicated sales tax laws, which were written by people who never imagined the internet or online services, apply to tarsnap.
- mcav 17y ago
  (that was quoted from the tarsnap website)
  - lpgauth 17y ago
    Yes, I should of probably cited where this came from. This is from the Tarsnap FAQ. (I'm not affiliated in any way.)
- jhancock 17y ago
  I think Colin would do well to lead his explanation with a cleaned up version of the second paragraph "So for the moment, I'm taking the path of least resistance..."
forensic 17y ago
I live in canada and it's working fine for me :P
- cperciva 17y ago
  ahem