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From: Spehro Pefhany on 6 Nov 2006 08:27 On Mon, 06 Nov 06 12:16:44 GMT, the renowned jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: <snip> > >This is the first field test of governments trying to tax >internet transactions. If it works well in this state, >a similar tax law will become national. > >THINK! dammmit. > >/BAH AFAIUI, state governments in the US have long demanded payment of "equivalent to" sales taxes on things bought from companies with nexus in other states (by mail, internet or whatever). They have no way of enforcing it for individuals (so it is routinely ignored), but for companies who must have sales tax licenses the "use tax" on taxable items (typically on items that are not consumed in production) is easily enforced since records must be kept to deduct the cost or to calculate depreciation of capital cost on all corporate purchases. Here's some information from California: http://www.boe.ca.gov/sutax/usetaxreturn.htm They're just making it convenient by allowing you to report it on the IT return, if you're so inclined. I imagine compliance rates are very low. This isn't so much "taxing the internet" but equalizing taxation between in and (completely) out-of-state businesses. It could only be widely enforced (for individuals) if states agreed between themselves to collect and remit taxes for other states. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff(a)interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com
From: jmfbahciv on 6 Nov 2006 08:12 In article <cXd3h.4612$7F3.309(a)newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >"krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message >news:MPG.1fb72b7115bb9813989a96(a)news.individual.net... >> In article <RZ93h.4899$B31.3455(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>, >> lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... >>> >>> "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message >>> news:MPG.1fb6811853307b0989a87(a)news.individual.net... >>> > In article <zRz2h.4036$B31.709(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>, >>> > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... >>> >> >>> >> "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message >>> >> news:iualk291t97f8404q1sh653htevg49g4s6(a)4ax.com... >>> >> > On 2 Nov 2006 18:23:32 -0800, "MooseFET" <kensmith(a)rahul.net> Gave >>> >> > us: >>> >> > >>> >> >>He is right. The new drug can't be the exact same chemical as the >>> >> >>old >>> >> >>one... >>> >> > >>> >> > Bullshit. Patents get RENEWED BEFORE they expire. >>> >> >>> >> Where did you get *that* silly idea??? You might just want to go back >>> >> to >>> >> insults--at least you understand those. >>> >> >>> > Actually, he's right (patents do need to be renewed) but this fact >>> > is irrelevant to the discussion. >>> >>> Once a patent reaches an age of 17 years (in the US; 20 in the rest of >>> the >>> world), it expires. Period. >> >> Nope. Perhaps you want to learn something. > >I've been working in the chemical industry for 15 years, and have written >several patents, a couple of which have subsequently abandoned because the >company chose not to pursue the technology. I know how they work, thank >you. You don't really know how they work. In my biz, one of our lawyers disagreed with himself about the copyright law. Getting a consistent interpretation of IP law over a three-month time period was impossible. I doubt lawyers have improved this since then. <snip> /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 6 Nov 2006 08:17 In article <MPG.1fb72cfb22c0d81989a98(a)news.individual.net>, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >In article <sfa3h.4932$B31.2443(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>, >lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... >> >> "krw" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message >> news:MPG.1fb684b3fd4ca419989a89(a)news.individual.net... >> > In article <GRH2h.485$Mw.139(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>, >> > lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... >> >> >> >> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> >> news:eifcgg$8qk_001(a)s820.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> >> > >> >> > Yes, Medicare and Medicaid in the US. If these two programs which >> >> > are single payer don't work, why would making them be the only >> >> > insurance payer in the country work? For that matter, why should >> >> > we allow medical insurance payouts be a federal responsibility? That >> >> > is undermining our Constitution by transferring power to the federal >> >> > government rather than keeping it in each State. >> >> >> >> What part of "provide for the general welfare" do you not understand? >> > >> > Perhaps you want to read what the founding fathers thought it >> > meant. Hint: I has nothing to do with what we call "welfare". >> >> Yes, I know that. Its original meaning was the health of the people of the >> nation. > >Bullshit. > That is how the politically correct raionalized the change of having health *insurance* from a benefit to a right. /BAH
From: T Wake on 6 Nov 2006 08:24 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ein879$8qk_007(a)s943.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <T46dnUTLLKRrntPYnZ2dnUVZ8tOdnZ2d(a)pipex.net>, > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>news:eikroc$8qk_013(a)s1014.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > <snip> > >>> I'm talking about events that actually happened. In some social >>> circles, this is called history. You apparently are missing >>> some knowledge of what has happened in the recent past. >> >>Really, this is not an avenue you want to go down. > > This discussion would be easier to do if you managed to remember > what's really happened in the last two decades. I do. This discussion would be easier if you remembered which posts you are replying to, who is saying what and more importantly, what has _really_ happened in the world in the last two decades.
From: T Wake on 6 Nov 2006 08:27
<lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:rlx3h.6043$B31.4139(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... > > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message > news:mtmdnZSYddlYm9PYnZ2dnUVZ8qadnZ2d(a)pipex.net... >> >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >> news:sBa3h.4970$B31.2627(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net... >>> >>> There is a certain musical instrument shop (Renaissance Workshop Co.) in >>> Bradford, from which I have ordered a number of instruments and kits, >>> since there is a dearth of good makers of renaissance woodwinds in the >>> US. >> >> As a total aside, do you know of where I can get CD/MP3s of Medieval or >> Renaissance woodwind music? > > I don't especially. My collection is mostly Baroque, and much of that > through Amazon. You might contact either RWC (www.renwks.com) or EMS > (www.e-m-s.com) and ask. If they don't sell CDs (I suspect they don't), I > suspect they know and would only be too happy to help you out. > Thanks for the help - found a couple of useful sources now so Christmas presents solved :-) |