Texas and Taxes: Is a Server a Business Presence?

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @09:30AM from the do-you-take-virtual-money? dept.

1sockchuck writes "Does having a server in a data center give you an official business presence in the state where the data center is located – invoking the requirement to collect state taxes? Not in Texas anymore, thanks to a new bill, which clarified a ruling that would have required hosting companies leasing servers in Texas to collect state sales tax from their customers. That's a big deal, since Texas is home to many of the industry's largest hosting companies — including Rackspace and SoftLayer, who have comments on the issue."

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Owning? Yes. Leasing? No. by blair1q · 2011-07-13 09:33 · Score: 4, Insightful

If I can move my business out of the state using the dd(1) command, I don't have a presence there.
1. Re:Owning? Yes. Leasing? No. by TheGratefulNet · 2011-07-13 09:44 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  If I can move my business out of the state using the dd(1) command
  oh, no you don't, buddy! this, here, is a union shop!
  you'll use 'find' and 'cpio' and like it.
  
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