Gerry I guess the law and doctor lobbyists had deeper pockets to exclude them. Now, to get technical. You say, "We (piao tuners, shop mechanics, etc.) proved a service (labor) on a tangible piece of property."? If?you gave an estimate or appraised a piano, would that be considered a service on a tangible piece of property, or a "professional service?"??? Wim -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Cousins <cousins_gerry at msn.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 2:36 pm Subject: [pianotech] Proposed California Sales Tax on Furniture Repair For what it's worth, New York State requires the collection of sales tax on all labor on pianos. Years ago I had a very healthy debate with Geo. Pitaki (before he became gov. of the state.) My side stated that if I had to collect sales tax on my labor then Doctors, Lawyers and even accountants should have to collect the taxes too. I lost the debate. In fact the law is actually written to exempt "Professionals" such as Doctors etc. and, for those who are curious, they do not consider ladies of the evening part of that group. grin We (piao tuners, shop mechanics, etc.) proved a service (labor) on a tangible piece of property and the law is written to collect sales tax in that instance. Yes it was a pain. Yes I did spend a bunch of time working as a NY state revenue collection service. Yes I was even audited by the sales tax commission. No fun either. But as tehy say, "you can't fight city hall" Only suggestion is to to try to defeat the law before it's passed. Good luck with THAT especially in California! Gerry Cousins, RPT From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 11:11 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Proposed California Sales Tax on Furniture Repair ? Broadening the Sales and Use Tax to Include Certain Services: Effective February 1, 2009, the sales and use tax rate will be applied to appliance and furniture repair, vehicle repair, golf, and veterinarian services. Effective March 1, 2009, the sales and use tax rate will be applied to amusement parks and sporting events. This is expected to generate additional General Fund sales tax revenue of $357 million in 2008-09. ? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 Original message From: "David Love" ? To: ? Received: 11/18/2008 8:11:51 AM Subject: [pianotech] Proposed California Sales Tax on Furniture Repair California techs.? Does anyone know if the current proposal by our governator to impose sales tax on furniture repair include us?? ? David Love www.davidlovepianos.com ? ? = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20081119/aba2ba45/attachment-0001.html>
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