WSU Libraries paid tax on electronic resources until a few months ago. We
finally questioned this, and were told we should not pay tax on databases
and journals we access through the Internet. We are currently trying to
recover tax paid on electronic resources in the past.
At 11:22 AM 9/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 13:23:05 -0400
>From: Donna Packer <Donna.Packer_at_wwu.edu>
>Subject: RE: ACQNET: RE- State Taxes on line services
>
>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!
>
> -Donna 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-----
>
>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
Robert C. Ferguson
Acquisitions Manager
Washington State University Libraries
Pullman, WA 99164-5610
tel. 509.335.7151
fax 509.335.9589
e-mail ferguson_at_wsu.edu
Received on Mon Sep 11 2000 - 12:19:10 EDT