NYC: April 2008 Archives

NY will suck the money-blood right out of you;; the whole fun of ordering online is not paying taxes because we are buying out of state:

"NY Governor David Paterson is expected to sign a bill requiring online retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases shipped to the state, even if they have no operations or employees working there. The so-called 'Amazon tax', which applies to Internet retailers who derive sales through affiliate programs, would end what for many New Yorkers had been tax-free shopping and generate an estimated $50M in revenue this fiscal year. Experts predict that other states could follow suit with similar provisions."

I wonder if this is a way around it: get an out of state mailbox at one of those private vendors (NJ?), and deliver the items there, and either pick them up or have the place forward them to you.  Or just move out of this crappy state, like I am thinking of doing.