Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax

2014-06-04 Thread Chris Ruschmann
Josh is correct, Alaska has no state taxes towards wisps. Just city sales taxes, and that's up to the city. However, I just found out we need to have a specialty contractors license to do communications work in the state, which is a $5000 bond. :( On Tuesday, June 3, 2014, Josh Reynolds

Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax

2014-06-04 Thread Sam
Thank you to everyone for your thoughts about my question. If any of you are in Texas or New Mexico, are you currently collecting taxes from your customers? I'm reading online that the first $25 of service fees are exempt from taxes, meaning (if I'm understanding this correctly) that it you

Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax

2014-06-04 Thread James Howard
I read online that the Federal exemption is set to expire this fall. Does anyone know if it's been extended? From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 10:30 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sales

Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax

2014-06-04 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/1431 something is in the works to make this Federal Exemption permanent...it is not a done deal though... Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518

Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax

2014-06-04 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
-- Under the grandfather clause included in the Internet Tax Freedom Act, Texas is currently collecting a tax on Internet access charges over $25.00 per month. Texas collected tax on internet access prior to the enactment of ITFA under the Taxables Services provision of

Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax

2014-06-04 Thread Steve Barnes
You can also ask them for a letter of determination. It may take them a while to get it to you but with that you are covered. Steve Barnes General Manager PCSWIN.com Howard LLC. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Faisal

Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax

2014-06-04 Thread Cameron Crum
Sam, I know when we were a wisp here in TX, we collected taxes on everything over $25 and all of our TX customers do it this way. So yes, tax on the service plan is charged at the state+local rates (if any) on just the amount over $25. All other services/products are taxed on the full amount of

Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax

2014-06-04 Thread Matt Hoppes
What if you sell the customer two bonded connections for $25 each? What happens then? Sent from my iPad On Jun 4, 2014, at 2:35 PM, Cameron Crum cc...@wispmon.com wrote: Sam, I know when we were a wisp here in TX, we collected taxes on everything over $25 and all of our TX customers

Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax

2014-06-04 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
It would go by the Account/invoice Sate of Texas/ Tax Dept. spells out rather clearly in detail on how they want this type of situation handled. If you want to know, just google for State of Texas Communication Taxes ... Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street

Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax

2014-06-04 Thread Matt Hoppes
Ok. That was a somewhat legit question. :). So it's invoice total not service total. Sent from my iPad On Jun 4, 2014, at 8:12 PM, Faisal Imtiaz fai...@snappytelecom.net wrote: It would go by the Account/invoice Sate of Texas/ Tax Dept. spells out rather clearly in detail on how

Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax

2014-06-04 Thread Cameron Crum
Not that simple either. Since taxes for different items on an invoice can be taxed differently, it gets more complex. On Jun 4, 2014 7:19 PM, Matt Hoppes mhop...@indigowireless.com wrote: Ok. That was a somewhat legit question. :). So it's invoice total not service total. Sent from my iPad