In comp.os.linux.advocacy, [H]omer
<spam@xxxxxxx>
wrote
on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 21:20:26 +0100
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> Verily I say unto thee, that The Ghost In The Machine spake thusly:
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> wrote on Fri, 14
>> Sep 2007 18:57:19 +0100 <vkuqr4-bfo.ln1@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>>>> eBay Seller Sues Autodesk for $10 Million
>>>
>>> Good.
>>>
>>> This "software licenses are non-transferable" bullshit is as
>>> ridiculous as tax on second-hand goods.
>>
>> In the US, the sales tax is on any sale, second-hand or otherwise
>
> Same here, as I discovered to my shock after visiting the HM C&E site.
>
> Apparently goods under 10 squid are exempt IIRC. Isn't that generous of
> them? Mind you, they can afford to be generous if they're taxing every
> item over and over, every time it changes hands. Thieving bastards.
>
An interesting exemption, considering that one could in
principle sell 1 million blivets at 5 euro each and make
a cool profit of about 400,000 euro (assuming an 8% tax
rate); however, if one sells 100,000 blivets at 50 euro
each, does one has to pay that 400,000?
My brain is beginning to hurt. To be fair, though, the
enforcers probably don't want to wander out to each and
every estate sale, garage sale, or yard sale. I could see
them hitting the more organized flea markets, but that's
about it. Presumably that's why the limit is there to
begin with.
And if you think that's goofy, consider that the US's
state-by-state structure makes life very interesting, as
each state has its own percentages -- and each counties,
parish, borough, or precinct can add additional taxes on
top thereof. The UK at least is relatively consolidated
in that area.
The Internet was never tax free, really; the definition
of a sales tax exemption on the Internet will make life
rather interesting, should our lawmakers wire such in.
However, the enforcement of taxes on such sales is going
to be even more interesting, given this quasi-Byzantine
system we have now.
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