STAR TREK ON LINE - TAX??

[Patrick Wilks]

Hello
I have bought in game currency for Star Trek on Line on many occasions and I was never charged tax.
Lately on the past two times I bought currency from steam to Star Trek online I have been charged Tax, when did that start?

[Satoru]

https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/1/1631917609749317442/

[Kargor]

Originally posted by Buck Rogers in the 25th Century:

Hello
I have bought in game currency for Star Trek on Line on many occasions and I was never charged tax.
Lately on the past two times I bought currency from steam to Star Trek online I have been charged Tax, when did that start?

You are in the US, right? Various states have started to collect sales tax from the vendors, instead of waiting for you to declare your purchases -- which, apparently, very few people ever did.

So, "it started" when this became a requirement in your state.

[nullable]

Given the recent flex of Texas + sales tax posts my guess is OP lives in Texas?

But yeah, some tax ruling from the 1960's was used as justification for not collecting sales tax on internet sales. That was challenged in court and the court case was decided and a bunch of states had laws in the hopper to start collecting that revenue from our 25 year sales tax holiday.

Of course some people like to start caterwauling about it, and I like to mention they were almost certainly required to pay use tax on most of their online purchases anyway, but something like 98% of people don't which sort of highlights the issue for states and all that lost tax revenue.

Now the only thing that remains to be seen is if you understand and accept the situation, or if you're going to fly off the handle about taxes. I can't wait to see.

[Patrick Wilks]

Originally posted by Brockenstein:

Given the recent flex of Texas + sales tax posts my guess is OP lives in Texas?

But yeah, some tax ruling from the 1960's was used as justification for not collecting sales tax on internet sales. That was challenged in court and the court case was decided and a bunch of states had laws in the hopper to start collecting that revenue from our 25 year sales tax holiday.

Of course some people like to start caterwauling about it, and I like to mention they were almost certainly required to pay use tax on most of their online purchases anyway, but something like 98% of people don't which sort of highlights the issue for states and all that lost tax revenue.

Now the only thing that remains to be seen is if you understand and accept the situation, or if you're going to fly off the handle about taxes. I can't wait to see.

No Not going to fly off the wall about it, Just wanting to know when it changed so I can account for it going forward.

[Komrade]

Originally posted by Buck Rogers in the 25th Century:

Originally posted by Brockenstein:

Given the recent flex of Texas + sales tax posts my guess is OP lives in Texas?

But yeah, some tax ruling from the 1960's was used as justification for not collecting sales tax on internet sales. That was challenged in court and the court case was decided and a bunch of states had laws in the hopper to start collecting that revenue from our 25 year sales tax holiday.

Of course some people like to start caterwauling about it, and I like to mention they were almost certainly required to pay use tax on most of their online purchases anyway, but something like 98% of people don't which sort of highlights the issue for states and all that lost tax revenue.

Now the only thing that remains to be seen is if you understand and accept the situation, or if you're going to fly off the handle about taxes. I can't wait to see.

No Not going to fly off the wall about it, Just wanting to know when it changed so I can account for it going forward.

What state?

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

It changed Oct 1st for most states.