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Illinois Considers Taxing Custom Software

Posted by timothy on from the starring-nobuko-miyamoto dept.

Foobar_Zen writes "Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is proposing to tax custom software; he is hoping to generate $64 million. You can read the story at burrwolff.com. I am wondering if there any other states that currently tax for custom software? How is this going to affect Illinois? What does this do to independent application and software developers?" And what about software that adds value but itself is available without charge?

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  1. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FIRST POST!!!11!!!1

  2. Re:What exactly does "custom" mean... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    RTFA

    Mod down, something that can easily be answered by reading the FIRST FUCKING PARAGRAPH should not be modded up.

  3. Re:In Soviet Russia by Mr+Guy · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are taxing to me. Does that count?

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