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- From: mattair@sun44.synercom.hounix.org (Charles Mattair)
- Subject: Re: PC-Clone UNIX Hardware Buyer's Guide
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.171757.9672@sun44.synercom.hounix.org>
- Organization: Synercom Technology, Inc., Houston, TX
- References: <1hQSvZ#5NQTrw8sLg8W9wJLZM5ny9ts=esr@snark.thyrsus.com> <1992Aug14.124923.1533@dlpinc00.rn.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 17:17:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug14.124923.1533@dlpinc00.rn.com> dlparker@dlpinc00.rn.com (David L. Parker) writes:
- >In article <1hQSvZ#5NQTrw8sLg8W9wJLZM5ny9ts=esr@snark.thyrsus.com> esr@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) writes:
- >>
- >>over it. Best of all is a buddy with a state-registered dealer number; these
- >>aren't very hard to get and confer not just exemption from sales tax but
- >>(often) whopping discounts from the vendors. Hand him a dollar afterwards to
- >>make it legal.
- >>
- >>(Note: I have been advised that you shouldn't try the latter tactic in
- >>Florida -- they are notoriously tough on "resale license" holders).
- >>
- >> Send your feedback to: Eric Raymond = esr@snark.thyrsus.com
- >
- > [Long description of why you don't want to do this in Missouri deleted]
- >--
- >Dave Parker
- >Automated Data Management Services, Pleasant Hill, MO 64080-1331
- >(816) 987-5167/5218 voice/fax
-
- It's real easy to get one in Texas as well. $25/year (at least when I had one)
- and no bond. Everything else Dave described is true and the state will hound
- you until you file a report. You have to file even if you have no sales tax
- to report.
-
- I'm not sure what Texas does to small tax evaders as we are discussing but it
- shuts large ones down and seizes assets. To repeat what Dave said: don't do it to avoid taxes.
-
- On the other hand, using a sales tax permit to masquerade as a reseller in
- order to get wholesaler's discounts is perfectly legal -- as long as you
- remit the requisite sales tax.
- --
- Charles Mattair (preferred) mattair%synercom@hounix.org
- Fast, Cheap, Good. Choose Two. (anon) (or) mattair@synercom.UUCP
- Any opinions offered are my own and do not reflect those of my employer.
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