Is there currently a requirement for a WISP (pure WISP - no VOIP, etc)
to charge taxes of any sort, sales or otherwise? Or does that vary by
location or state? The last time I was a WISP (long ago in a county far,
far away) we did not have to charge/collect taxes from our customers.
Thanks,
Varies by State..
I will suggest that you do some reading, googleing, start with Wikipedia..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Tax_Freedom_Act
and also consult your state's tax site / office etc. for more specific details.
Regards.
Faisal Imtiaz
Snappy Internet Telecom
7266 SW 48 Street
I think there are only two states that were grandfathered under that act.
Texas is one of them and I think, OH.
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Faisal Imtiaz fai...@snappytelecom.net
wrote:
Varies by State..
I will suggest that you do some reading, googleing, start with Wikipedia..
we had a conversation with the state comptroller and he gave us all the
skinny on what and how to charge taxes. he gave us a grid of like 6 things
and depending on if it matched the grid depended on the tax or not. We are
in Texas
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 2:50 PM, Sam w...@csilogan.com wrote:
Is
Ten states (which were grandfathered under the Internet Tax Freedom
Acthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Tax_Freedom_Act as part of a
political compromise) are allowed to provide for some manner of taxation on ISP
charges. The ten states are Hawaii, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota,
You're selling a service. Sales tax in most areas. If your have
transport across state lines from a transport provider or your bandwidth
provider, you may be responsible for USF taxes in certain cases.
*Josh Reynolds*
Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS
j...@spitwspots.com |
My sincere apologies, Josh, for calling you out on this...
What you have stated below is quite wrong I am sorry for being so
blunt..
WISP's are not selling 'a service', at least not per State and Federal Law
definitions.
Sales Taxes and Communication (services) Taxes, two different
Say what? Here in PA services are not taxed.
Sent from my iPad
On Jun 3, 2014, at 7:53 PM, Faisal Imtiaz fai...@snappytelecom.net wrote:
My sincere apologies, Josh, for calling you out on this...
What you have stated below is quite wrong I am sorry for being so
blunt..
I am going to forward this to both our FCC lawyer, and local lawyer, to
get their opinions on this.
We've been down this road several years ago I believe. I'll let everyone
know the results.
For the records, we do not have interstate transport to us, just
intrastate, so we don't pay into
Even rent of buildings in Alaska has a tax.
Say you rent a building. You have no ownership, it's not a sale, but
under Alaska law it's taxed.
*Josh Reynolds*
Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS
j...@spitwspots.com | www.spitwspots.com
On 06/03/2014 04:50 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote:
Say what?
But you don't have state income tax!
From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf
Of Josh Reynolds
Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 8:23 PM
To: wireless@wispa.org
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Sales Tax
Even rent of buildings in Alaska has a tax.
Say you rent a building.
No, but we have borough and city taxes. (Think of a borough as a huge
county, the size of a state.)
*Josh Reynolds*
Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS
j...@spitwspots.com | www.spitwspots.com
On 06/03/2014 05:26 PM, James Howard wrote:
But you don't have state income tax!
You need to move. :)
On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:22 PM, Josh Reynolds j...@spitwspots.com wrote:
Even rent of buildings in Alaska has a tax.
Say you rent a building. You have no ownership, it's not a sale, but under
Alaska law it's taxed.
Josh Reynolds
Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS
... but I just got here! :)
Somebody tried to get me to move to PA not long ago...
*Josh Reynolds*
Chief Information Officer
SPITwSPOTS
j...@spitwspots.com | www.spitwspots.com
On 06/03/2014 05:32 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote:
You need to move. :)
On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:22 PM, Josh Reynolds
Yes, please do forward it .
I believe you are confusing a few items together...
Let me see if I can clarify:-
1. One needs to consult your State Taxing Authority, to determine what type of
Taxes you should be COLLECTING on behalf of the State , and REMITTING to them,
NO TWO STATES ARE
We're going to pull our info from local and FCC-involved legal counsel,
as well as the borough tax office (as stated before, Alaska does not
collect state tax). We'll forward specific information (as a de-minimus
provider), as applies to us here in Alaska, on the WISPA-AK list for
reference.
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