At 1:34 PM -0400 9/27/11, David W. Fenton wrote: >I know many on the list play in groups that have made CDs that they >will sell at concerts/gigs. I'm wondering if anybody knows what the >deal is in the US (New York State, specifically) with sales tax: > >That is, if you're selling your CDs after a concert/gig, are you >responsible for paying sales tax? Or is this one of those things >where the buyer is responsible for it? > >Anybody know?
David: My understanding is: 1. It's going to vary state by state since this is a state (and sometimes also local) tax. 2. You are responsible for COLLECTING it and remitting it; the purchaser is responsible for PAYING it but to you, not to the state. 3. If you don't state it separately my guess is that the state would assume it's part of and included in the purchase price, and would have to be considered as such, but that's just a guess. YOU would have to think of it that way. But this is in no way a legal opinion, and since when has the law ever been logical?!!! John -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts & Cinema College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:[email protected]) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
