OT(ish): Selling software downloads - sales tax?

[Jim sims]

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On Sunday, March 20, 2016, Graham Samuel <livfoss at mac.com> wrote:

> Camm, that is really good info! It makes a cast-iron case for using
> someone like KAGI, as far as I can see. The whole system seems to me to be
> bureaucratic and obstructive, but there it is. Thanks for this link.
>
> Graham
>
>
> > On 20 Mar 2016, at 17:40, Camm <camm29 at tesco.net <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > All ,
> >
> > Just to be clear the EU VAT change Jan 2016 applies to even 1 download
> if sold to any EU member state customer at their current VAT rate.
> > It applies to any digital product that is downloaded with no physical
> fulfilment , its defined by "minimal user input to obtain download" so even
> if you sale licence keys the new rules apply.
> >
> > Simple flowchart :-
> >
> https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/415931/VAT_MOSS_Flow_chart_FSB_edit_V1_0.pdf
> >
> > Camm
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com
> <javascript:;>] On Behalf Of Warren Samples
> > Sent: 17 March 2016 23:25
> > To: How to use LiveCode
> > Subject: Re: OT(ish): Selling software downloads - sales tax?
> >
> > On 03/17/2016 01:06 PM, Graham Samuel wrote:
> >> I have been discussing the sale of a desktop product (developed with
> >> LC, obviously) with a colleague. We’re thinking of direct sales...He’s
> >> in the US
> >>
> >> ..sell a low volume of product purely as a download with no physical
> fulfilment...I am not sure about the US.
> >
> > There is no sales tax charged for any online sales in the US except for
> sales to customers located within a state where the vendor has a physical
> office or point of sale. Your stateside partner probably knows this
> already. As far as software with no physical delivery goes, it could be
> considered several different ways which will vary from state to state but
> again you are only concerned with how the state where he is qualifies it.
> Ask your partner to contact the revenue department of the state in which he
> resides and ask them how to proceed. That would be the only state where you
> have any possible obligation and even then, depending on how your
> partnership/company is structured and how they consider this kind of
> product, you might not have any at all.
> >
> >
> > https://www.sba.gov/content/collecting-sales-tax-over-internet
> >
> > http://biztaxlaw.about.com/od/businesstaxes/f/onlinesalestax.htm
> >
> > http://www.inc.com/articles/2003/10/salestax.html
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Warren
> >
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