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 -
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