Doing my taxes. I suspect I didn't fill out the Use Tax last year, because I think I would remember the annoyance. I hate the concept anyway, but at least in NY you could choose the fixed amount. Am I missing something, or is everyone supposed to have receipts for the whole year for this?
Wash: Captain, didn't you know kissin' girls makes you sleepy? Mal: Well sometimes I just can't help myself.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - Mar 21, 2010 9:28:32 am PDT #17682 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Lee - Mar 21, 2010 9:32:34 am PDT #17683 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am horribly behind on The Good wife, which is odd because I love what I have seen. I need to catch up though.
It was very good cheese, J, but I think the bread was better.
Consuela - Mar 21, 2010 9:33:55 am PDT #17684 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I go out in downtown Oakland with you Consuela!!
Which is awesome, except you don't even live here! I need to text Javachick more often when I need to go out.
Lee - Mar 21, 2010 9:36:43 am PDT #17685 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Consuela, we have brunch in Napa planned for next weekend--any interest?
On board now. I think I may actually get a whole row to myself. Shook
meara - Mar 21, 2010 9:50:28 am PDT #17686 of 30001
Speaking of which---dinner on the evening of the 30th, Suela?
Hil R. - Mar 21, 2010 9:53:02 am PDT #17687 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I think I'm two episodes behind on The Good Wife. I do really like the show.
brenda m - Mar 21, 2010 10:03:45 am PDT #17688 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Doing my taxes. I suspect I didn't fill out the Use Tax last year, because I think I would remember the annoyance. I hate the concept anyway, but at least in NY you could choose the fixed amount. Am I missing something, or is everyone supposed to have receipts for the whole year for this?
I don't even know what that is.
msbelle - Mar 21, 2010 10:06:18 am PDT #17689 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
mac is with Uncle G, day is gorgeous, windows are open, music is playing, wearing vintage dress, like life, the end.
bon bon - Mar 21, 2010 10:10:41 am PDT #17690 of 30001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Use tax is an attempt for the state to recapture sales tax for items bought out of state. I'm not saying you don't have to report it, megan, but I don't think they enforce it. It's free money to them.
megan walker - Mar 21, 2010 10:19:40 am PDT #17691 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I don't even know what that is.
It is a tax for Internet purchases. Basically, if you buy something that is used, consumed, or stored in CA, you should be paying CA tax on it.
For example, Amazon, iTunes, etc. don't charge me any sales tax when I buy something. Or, if I buy something in another state I (by default since SF tax is 9.5%) pay a lower sales tax than CA.
So, if I want to fill out my income tax form, I have to calculate how many purchases I made that fits one of the descriptions above, add those up and multiply by 9.5%, and then subtract any out of state tax I may have paid. And then add that tax to my CA income tax return.
In NY, it was a flat fee of $60(?) or you could calculate if you thought it was less than that.
I don't itemize, so I don't keep receipts. But I charge almost everything to my Amex, so now I am going through those charges and trying to figure out what this might apply to. It is ridonkulous since I can't imagine most people bother. However, I prefer not to commit tax fraud.