Tracy - do you have anything in writing about this? When we first started
getting electronic databases, we were told we did not have to pay tax on
them. Then we were told the state policy had changed, and we have been
paying taxes on them for a number of years now. Can you tell me what
specific types of electronic material your library considers tax exempt? If
we can stop paying the considerable tax on any of these it would certainly
stretch our acquisitions budget!
- DonnaDonna Packer
Head of Acquisitions/Serials
Western Washington University Libraries
Bellingham, WA 98225
E-Mail donna.packer_at_wwu.edu
Telephone 360.650.3335
Fax 360.650.3044
-----Original Message-----
From: ELEANOR COOK [mailto:COOKEI_at_appstate.edu]
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 10:33 AM
To: acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu
Subject: ACQNET: RE- State Taxes on line services
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:07:03 -0400
From: Tracy Leroy <tleroy_at_sno-isle.org>
Subject: RE: ACQNET - RE: Taxes on online services
I highly suggest contacting your state authority regarding your specific
institution. My library system is NOT tax exempt. I contacted our State
Department of Revenue and received a letter that I send to vendors. We do
not pay tax for "on-line information services" because the state says it is
not "tangible personal property".
Tracy LeRoy, Acquisitions Manager
Sno-Isle Regional Library System
7312 35th AVE NE
Marysville, WA 98271-7417
voice: 360-651-7072
fax: 360-651-7151
Received on Wed Sep 06 2000 - 13:23:05 EDT