[pianotech] Proposed California Sales Tax on Furniture Repair

[Ron Nossaman]

David Love wrote:
> No.  Services are not taxable in California.   California sales tax will 
> soon be 10%.  Adding 10% to your tuning fees will likely preclude any 
> reasonable cost of living increases for awhile.  Adding $2500 to a 
> $25,000 rebuilding job can be a deal breaker unless you simply decide to 
> take it out of your own pocket.  I hope the California techs are 
> speaking up to their local representatives. 
> 
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> 
> We’ve had to collect Texas sales tax on piano tuning since 1984.  I 
> thought that was pretty universal by now.  You haven’t been collecting 
> sales tax in California???
  >
> David M. Porritt, RPT


It's amazing to me how everyone does virtually everything 
differently. We collect sales tax on everything we do: tuning, 
parts, and labor, at whatever the current sales tax happens to 
be this year - contingent on whatever local good ol' boy 
pocket warmer showcase construction project we're paying for 
at the time. It's gone from 2% when I was a kid, to 7.3%, and 
is currently (momentarily) at 6.3% until they decide what to 
soak us for the newly voted school bond pocket warmer. And the 
tax goes on top of that $25,000 rebuild job, just like if they 
bought a car. Jobs I get in from other techs are considered 
work for other dealers, for resale, and they handle the sales 
tax on their end.
Ron N