Here in Texas I was rather bluntly told that I would have to pay sales tax on all transactions I had done. I do charge now. When in doubt go to the horse and pry its mouth open. Andrew On Nov 18, 2008, at 8:12 PM, David Ilvedson wrote: > I think it behooves us to ignore this proposal until someone from > the State concretely says to charge the sales tax on piano service... > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > Original message > From: "David Love" > To: > Received: 11/18/2008 4:23:42 PM > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Proposed California Sales Tax on Furniture > Repair > > I hope you are right. I’ll try and check into it. > > From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] > On Behalf Of paul bruesch > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 3:07 PM > To: pianotech at ptg.org > Subject: Re: [pianotech] Proposed California Sales Tax on Furniture > Repair > > Not to add to all the speculation here.... but I recall something > from Randy Potter's seminar about our being "Musical Instrument > Repair" (as opposed to "furniture repair") people. Of course, this > was a federal thing, and I don't recall any more specifically what > we were discussing at the time. Besides, we're all just guessing > here... I really feel that someone in CA should probably contact an > accountant, CPA, or tax attorney for a somewhat more definitive > answer. > > Paul Bruesch > Stillwater, MN > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 4:11 PM, David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net > > wrote: > I believe pianos do fall under furniture repair. > > > 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/20081118/66c98b6f/attachment.html>
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