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"Frank F. Matthews" wrote:
> Larry wrote:
>
> > carrigman wrote:
> >
> >>A brilliant city and a great place to visit but....
> >>
> >>1. Why can't the marked prices on things include the NYC sales tax? It's
> >>annoying when you
> >> see something for sale for, say, 9.99 only to find you have to pay an
> >>additional 8% or whatever
> >> extra. In Europe the marked price is inclusive of all taxes. NYC should
> >>catch up.
> >
> >
> > It's not the custom, and, as others have pointed out, not everyone has
> > to pay the tax.
> >
> >
> >>2. How come there are so few internet cafes? I eventually happened on one,
> >>by sheer chance, in
> >> West 33rd Street. In European cities they are plentiful. One would have
> >>thought that with the
> >> amount of visitors to NYC there would be a ready market for many more of
> >>them in the city.
> >
> >
> > There are more than you think, but you must have your own computer to
> > use most of them. All Starbucks, Barnes and Noble, and Borders
> > bookstores have WiFi for a fee; most of the smaller city parks have
> > free WiFi; NY Public Libraries have computers and some have WiFi. And
> > some of the smaller bookstores.
> >
> >
> >>3. What's with all the honking? If traffic is held up for an instant there
> >>is a cacophany of car horns
> >> being sounded. Again, not something one hears in most European cities.
> >
> >
> > I've heard a lot of horns in London, Paris and Rome.
> >
> > Larry
> >
>
>
> Almost everyone does have to pay. If the goods are being shipped out of
> state then the receiving state collects their taxes. If you manage to
> lie to evade taxes you can end up in prison. Ask Koslovsky.
Huh? Are you talking about how sales tax works in the United States? If
so, you are mistaken. I doubt any consumer has ever seen jail time for
evading sales tax, but I might be wrong. If so, please let me know.
No state collects sales tax for another state. If a purchase is made via
the Internet, for example, by someone who lives in New York from a
company that does business in Maine, then the obligation to pay the
sales tax rests with the customer and the payment goes to the taxing
authority in New York, not Maine. |