Comments on: Great moments in Continuing Legal Education

By: Continuing Legal Education

Continuing Legal Education — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:38:39 +0000

It seems that a company associated with educating the legal community should have known this law. But its an honest mistake. Just own up to it and pay it off.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:22:16 +0000

Oh, no, Jim, that would make things too simple. In most places it’s a sales and “use” tax, which means it just wouldn’t be FAIR to let the business pay for what you’re using!

When I started my first company I discovered that paying sales tax on behalf of my customers (and thus having easy to understand prices featuring even numbers and no confusion at checkout) is a crime. Apparently nobody in government can see the utility in having something priced at $500 actually cost $500, but they could DEFINITELY see the utility in punishing a business owner for ensuring the government got their money while simplifying things for a customer.

By: Jim W

Jim W — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:59:13 +0000

Wait a second, isn’t the business liable for sales taxes? It seems silly to chase consumers when the culpable entity (and the money from the untaxed purchases) is in one convenient location.