RE: ACQNET: RE - Tax on online services

From: Donna Packer <Donna.Packer_at_wwu.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 10:06:01 -0700
To: "'acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu'" <acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu>
The fax arrived safely.  Thank you very much.

			- Donna


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 360.650.3954 



-----Original Message-----
From: ELEANOR COOK [mailto:COOKEI_at_appstate.edu]
Sent: Sunday, September 10, 2000 7:22 AM
To: acqnet-l_at_listproc.appstate.edu
Subject: ACQNET: RE - Tax on online services


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
Received on Tue Sep 12 2000 - 13:06:12 EDT