10% add on tax is a steal .
Try Europe ............ 17% in the UK and somewhat higher I believe on
mainland Europe. Americans have no idea of what high taxes are.
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 8:52 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: paypal
> The "state" tax in New York is the same in all jurisdictions at 4%.
> However, counties and cities or other governing bodies within a county
> may have their own taxes as an add on. New York City, for example, has
> a substantial add on tax.
>
> But despite New York's reputation as a high taxing state I was surprised
> in our recent travels to encounter a few places even higher. Hotel tax
> rates are often very high due to special "welcome traveler" tax rates
> generally found in tourist areas so I don't consider those in comparing
> general sales taxes. But lunch in Sedona, Arizona carried a sales tax
> above 10%. There were one or two other places as well that were well
> above 9% thus getting above the New York City level which is 8.375%. My
> local tax rate is 8%. 4% for the state of New York and 4% for the
> county of Broome. All the gory New York state tax details and a tax
> calculator can be found here
> <http://www.earthodyssey.com/sales_tax.html>
>
> Dr. Poor
>
>
> John Hudson wrote:
>> Every county within the state of NY has its own rate of state sales tax ?
>>
>> Has any county a 0% rate ? That would be the place to go .
>>
>> jh
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:27 PM
>> Subject: [OM] Re: paypal
>>
>>
>>> I've taken the plunge and added paypal to my site. One plus is getting
>>> a functional shopping cart. Confusing part is trying to collect New
>>> York state sales tax as every county has their own rate. So far, just
>>> doing a flat rate. I'm also not sure yet of my shipping charges.
>>> Repairs can be paid by paypal after estimating.
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