At my local Best buy video games account for almost 30% of their sales…
Not to mention GameStop for what it still exists as…
Functionally this is just tax on digital video game sales. I’m in California. If I buy a video game in any store in my state I pay tax on it if I buy that same game on any store online I do not pay tax in it.
To a degree she’s right, it’s the same product. It should have the same tax. Cuz all that you’re buying in the store is a f****** CD key to go download it 99% of the time.
Either digital platforms should be responsible for properly collecting sales tax on a good sold in California or boxed software that does not contain any actual physical media and is just a CD. Key should be exempt from sales tax.
Cuz if you aren’t actually selling me a physical good why the f*** am I paying you tax on it? Yes, I know a tax is just on any transaction. Anytime money changes hands regardless of context but still. The thought experiment stands.
At my local Best buy video games account for almost 30% of their sales…
Not to mention GameStop for what it still exists as…
Functionally this is just tax on digital video game sales. I’m in California. If I buy a video game in any store in my state I pay tax on it if I buy that same game on any store online I do not pay tax in it.
To a degree she’s right, it’s the same product. It should have the same tax. Cuz all that you’re buying in the store is a f****** CD key to go download it 99% of the time.
Either digital platforms should be responsible for properly collecting sales tax on a good sold in California or boxed software that does not contain any actual physical media and is just a CD. Key should be exempt from sales tax.
Cuz if you aren’t actually selling me a physical good why the f*** am I paying you tax on it? Yes, I know a tax is just on any transaction. Anytime money changes hands regardless of context but still. The thought experiment stands.