On Wednesday July 21 2004 3:27 pm, Henry Posner wrote: > Sales tax in NYC is currently 8.65%. No tax is added to orders shipped out > of NY State. In theory a US resident living outside NY State is liable for > "use tax," paid to the government of the state in which he or she resides, > but in general that's a private matter. In the interest of full disclosure > it's worth noting that at least once during the decade I've worked at B&H, > we were audited by NY State's tax department at least once and NY State > shared purchase data with other state governments with which it has > reciprocity agreements and did so without telling us of their intentions.
Anyone who's lived here in NY shouldn't be surprised by that. Fred -- "Ballmer is no more designed for the art of persuasion than the Abrams tank is for delivering meals on wheels." * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
