Tag Archives: “Amazon”
Boo to the “Amazon Tax”
New York recently enacted a new tax law that requires Internet-based retailers to collect sales tax from customers based in New York. The tax has been informally dubbed the “Amazon Tax”. If you do any kind of online shopping you know that most of the time you don’t get charged sales tax on your purchases. The times that you do, it’s because the retailer has a physical location in New York. While the retailers don’t charge you sales tax, we’re actually supposed to report purchases made online on our state tax returns and pay sales tax. But no one ever does this and it’s hard to enforce.
Xbox 360
I’ve been gaining interest in purchasing a next-gen console, specifically the Xbox 360. Especially since there are some pretty interesting games coming out exclusively on the Xbox like Gears of War and Lost Planet. And I guess Halo 3 but I’ve never been into the whole Halo craze.
Nuts and Cabbages
So I filled out an online application for a HSBC business checking account about a week and a half ago thinking that would be it. The online application asked for a decent amount of information about my business. I figured they’d process it, then ask me to send in some documents. Instead, 2 days ago I got this thick application packet that I have to fill out with information I already submitted. Not only that, there are 2 questionnaires that are pretty repetitive (both ask the same questions). I’ve filled out most of it and I have to photocopy something; I’ll be sending it out in the next 2 days. I don’t know but if you ask me, asking for the same information 3 times in 2 different mediums seems pretty inefficient. I guess this is why consultants have jobs.