Comments on: Great moments in Continuing Legal Education http://overlawyered.com/2008/07/great-moments-in-continuing-legal-education/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-moments-in-continuing-legal-education Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 16:10:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Continuing Legal Education http://overlawyered.com/2008/07/great-moments-in-continuing-legal-education/comment-page-1/#comment-25218 Continuing Legal Education Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:38:39 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7264#comment-25218 It seems that a company associated with educating the legal community should have known this law. But its an honest mistake. Just own up to it and pay it off. It seems that a company associated with educating the legal community should have known this law. But its an honest mistake. Just own up to it and pay it off.

]]> By: Paul http://overlawyered.com/2008/07/great-moments-in-continuing-legal-education/comment-page-1/#comment-24772 Paul Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:22:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7264#comment-24772 Oh, no, Jim, that would make things too simple. In most places it's a sales and "use" tax, which means it just wouldn't be FAIR to let the business pay for what you're using! When I started my first company I discovered that paying sales tax on behalf of my customers (and thus having easy to understand prices featuring even numbers and no confusion at checkout) is a crime. Apparently nobody in government can see the utility in having something priced at $500 actually cost $500, but they could DEFINITELY see the utility in punishing a business owner for ensuring the government got their money while simplifying things for a customer. Oh, no, Jim, that would make things too simple. In most places it’s a sales and “use” tax, which means it just wouldn’t be FAIR to let the business pay for what you’re using!

When I started my first company I discovered that paying sales tax on behalf of my customers (and thus having easy to understand prices featuring even numbers and no confusion at checkout) is a crime. Apparently nobody in government can see the utility in having something priced at $500 actually cost $500, but they could DEFINITELY see the utility in punishing a business owner for ensuring the government got their money while simplifying things for a customer.

]]> By: Jim W http://overlawyered.com/2008/07/great-moments-in-continuing-legal-education/comment-page-1/#comment-24519 Jim W Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:59:13 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=7264#comment-24519 Wait a second, isn't the business liable for sales taxes? It seems silly to chase consumers when the culpable entity (and the money from the untaxed purchases) is in one convenient location. Wait a second, isn’t the business liable for sales taxes? It seems silly to chase consumers when the culpable entity (and the money from the untaxed purchases) is in one convenient location.

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