<font color='navy' size='2' face='Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif'>Int<font color="navy" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size="2">eresting. It seems that a business license may not be more than jsut another way for the guvment to mind <u>you</u>r business and collect yer money.  My favorite collection scheme is the ever unpopular unsecured property tax. ie. machinery etc. You pay sales tax on it when you buy it then they want you to pay a tax on the same stuff...every year? I believe this is double taxation. So, in this case what happened to the constitutional issue of no double taxation? <br>   Yes I took a left turn. Sorry<br> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div style="clear:both"><font size="1"><b><font color="indigo" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Dale S. Erwin<br> www.Erwinspiano.com<br> 209-577-8397</font></b></font><font size="1"><br> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"></span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"></span></i></b></font><font color="navy" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif" size="1"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government<br>   from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.<br>     -Thomas Jefferson-</span></i></font><br> <br> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div> <br> </div> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> From: William Monroe <bill@a440piano.net><br> To: pianotech@ptg.org<br> Sent: Fri, Jun 3, 2011 6:31 pm<br> Subject: Re: [pianotech] business license?<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_2_829b06fc-5adb-4dba-a7ac-f3a359636890"> Yes, and...... <div><br> </div> <div>I'm in Wisconsin also, but don't have a business license.  When I went to Downtown Madison and inquired, I was told I could get one, but that it wasn't required.  I got one at the time, but it has since expired......<br> <br> </div> <div>I am an S-Corp, and have two ID numbers, one Federal, and one State, under which I file my Federal taxes and my State taxes, both Income and Sales and Use Taxes for the state.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>But I don't have a license.  FWIW.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>William R. Monroe</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 6:43 PM, David Porritt <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmporritt@gmail.com">dmporritt@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Roger:<br> <br> Texas has had sales tax forever but until October 2, 1984 there was no sales<br> tax on labor.  I called the state when I first started in business here<br> (1973) and was told not to get a sales tax number unless I planned to sell<br> things.  The man on the phone said that if I sold a piano bench to put it<br> down as labor.  He said, they didn't want to be bothered with businesses<br> that would send them $10.00 a quarter.  After 1984 when labor charges had to<br> add sales tax, I had to get a sales tax number and file returns.  That's<br> still the only state requirement.<br> <br> Each state is unique with respect to business licenses, permits etc.<br> <br> dave<br> <div class="im"><br> </div> </blockquote></div> </div> </div>  </div> </font></font>