Gil, How do you know developers are not charging sales tax? I am about to publish my first app and currently setting up my merchant account.
George, can you elaborate on the model? I am just a programmer... I don't know sales tax rules. On Feb 25, 5:20 am, george_c <[email protected]> wrote: > Google won't determine where you have nexus. You need to know this and > submit taxes collected to all the states you have nexus. You need to > chargesalestaxin all the states where you have nexus. Nexus can be > created even by an agent. > > Unfortunately, it has been mentioned that developers need to manage > all taxes & liabilities on their own. > > There is a model that works and takes the weight away from the > developer. I can expand on it if most developers would be interested > in such a solution. > > I quote: > "Nexus = connection. If you have nexus with a state, they can grab you > andtaxyou. If you don't, they can't. Think of it like an electric > socket. If you have no nexus it can't shock you, but stick your finger > in it and watch your hair curl." > > George > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 7:14 AM, Gil <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Regarding the nexus question: I thought that Google Checkout handles > > it. In other words if you specify from what state your business is, > > Google Checkout would calculate thetaxcorrectly. As a developer (who > > is incorporated) all you have to do is to specify the state you are > > in. If you don't, nosalestaxis added to purchases (it makes sense). > > The question is: should you? It seems that nobody has done it (none of > > the apps I seen chargesalestax). > > > On Feb 24, 6:58 pm, george_c <[email protected]> wrote: > >> All of you should be careful of where you have nexus, meaning where> you > >> have some business activity (not only presence) and keep aware > >> that you need to chargesalestaxin every state that you have nexus > >> and within each state you also have differentsalestaxes and then you > >> may also need to manage your B&O side of things. Hey, the list goes > >> on.... > > >> 2009 is the year the IRS will be cracking down on digitalsales, hope > >> you get some insight from yoursaleschannel you are stocking your > >> apps to. > > >> It's illegal to sell anything into the EU without charging VAT. Are > >> you collecting VAT? Who is collecting it for you? > > >> Question you should ask your CPA. Who is selling your app? Are you > >> selling it as a developer or do you have a reseller lined up > >> somewhere? Why are you using your own Google Checkout account to > >> sell? So who is selling your app? > > >> Good luck. > > >> George > > >> "tried to help the small developer, has anyone listened?" > > >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:44 PM, Gil <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > Developers, > > >> > Does anyone know if developers should setup their Google Checkout > >> > merchant account to addsalestaxto transactions. I know how to set > >> > it up I just wonder if it should be setup. I am interested in US > >> > originating transactions (at least for now). > > >> > It looks like most applications do not chargesalestax. In fact I had > >> > not found one that does. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
