[MUD-Dev2] [BIZ] Taxes?

[Jon Mayo]

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Michael Hartman
<mlist at thresholdrpg.com> wrote:
> Vincent Archer wrote:
>>
>> Sales tax and the internet is steadily becoming more and more complicated
>> in the US, as the various state governments wake up and realize there's
>> lots of service money around. See the current NY vs Amazon strong-arm
>> battle about sales tax.
>
> I predict a seriously painful disaster looming from this issue. Governments
> can't tolerate the idea of people succeeding without them leeching off of
> it.
>
>

States look for revenue when they have a budget shortfall. NY and CA
have a major budget problems . NY's problem is only a $1b one, while
California has a $15b problem. (I'm so embarrassed). I'm going to
predict that CA attack the online sales and service issue much more
aggressively.

Can I host my servers in another country? I'd probably even pay
Canadian taxes if it means customers don't have to pay sales tax (and
I don't have to navigate some bizarre bureaucracy). Theoretically I
think NAFTA could protect a business that wishes to relocate hosting
to Canada.