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Are you talking about not being able to deduct sales tax (which you may not have paid from out of state/online purchase), or not being able to list and amortize things on your taxes (Federal and State)?And on another note... If you are a business and do buy your gear out of state or online, it is not deductible on your state tax return UNLESS you can show you paid CA sales tax on it!
If you or I ran our businesses like that, we'd be jailed for fraud or usury, maybe both...
Oh. We "lost" the state deduction for sales tax several years back. So not only can't we deduct it directly any more, you cannot amortize a piece of equipment unless you can show you paid sales tax on it. However, the total price paid for a piece of business equipment, including the sales tax can be amortized.Are you talking about not being able to deduct sales tax (which you may not have paid from out of state/online purchase), or not being able to list and amortize things on your taxes (Federal and State)?
Hence why I was VERY apprehensive to move here from Texas. My job pretty much made me though. I like the state scenery and weather. I could go without the mismanagement of funds. I'm sure everyone has heard "stories" on TV and whatnot and I have my fair share of second hand experience.Yes, it totally sucks to live in a welfare state, especially when you are one of the minority of productive residents...
AMEN! :salute:Yes, it totally sucks to live in a welfare state, especially when you are one of the minority of productive residents...
A city is not a collection of building. It is the culture and people living in it that make Paris the lovely city that it is.I remember the first time I went to Paris -- "what a beautiful city! If only we could get the French to leave." That's how I feel about California, now -- it is a beautiful state, if only we could get the lib-tards to leave. I'm not holding my breath, the French still occupy Paris.
... the Brooklyn Bridge has not been painted in the 30 years I have been here (the Golden Gate gets re-coated constantly) ...
It is the culture and people living in it that make Paris the lovely city that it is.
Lets not forget about $42 plus tax for 2 hours of parking in a lot, that you're forced to use since they took away most of the street parking privileges here. 13k a year for nursery schools, and some of the most expensive but among the worst public schools in the nation. Now imagine being taxed more and paying more for the same crud so the our government can expand its socialist agenda, hmmm wonderful.it is a question of what you get for the tax you pay, and whether or not you end up paying for things via some other method.
In new york we pay an 8.25% sales tax on top of state and city income tax, neither of which allow the same income and business expense exclusions allowed by the federal government
We have ****ty road surface quality (try riding your motorcycle on the BQE, for those out here, and it is alway that way) and toll roads compared to CA. the Brooklyn Bridge has not been painted in the 30 years I have been here (the Golden Gate gets re-coated constantly) and parking tickets in NYC range from $65 for meter violation to $110 for double parking.