I am as pro-Android as anyone, and certainly so now since sales began, but the fact that we can't get a straight answer on such a central matter speaks volumes to me about Google's good faith in this enterprise. "Fly, little birdie" isn't a business plan, it's a Monty Python sketch.
On Mar 3, 11:21 am, george_c <[email protected]> wrote: > This is not about selling or buying outside of the US. This is about > understanding who is selling the apps. Now that you all know that its you > the developer selling the apps (invoicing the end customer), you need to > prepare accordingly to sell even within the USA and also outside the USA and > comply to all international tax regulations per country. A nightmare!!! > This raises more issues, where does the carrier come into all these tax > scheme. Does carrier do any billing to end user? > > And where is the Android Market located - what state? Android Market is > promoting your applications and therefore created nexus for all you > developers in that state? > > This is from legal tax expert: > "Once something creates nexus for a person with a state, then all sales by > that person to the state are subject to the state's sales/ use tax." > > What does this mean: You sell biscuits in California that you never charged > sales tax before. Well now you do need to charge sales tax for all your > biscuit sales in CA state, since Android Market created nexus for you. > > These are some of the many issues you need to get professional advise and > confirm since you the developer is truly "in business" and running the show. > > Good luck. > > George > > > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:56 PM, grennis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I dont understand why people are crying about this since you can't > > even buy an app outside the U.S. Think about it, I wonder why that is? > > Until this changes this is all just a waste of time.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
