No, I think you have this wrong. I, for various reasons, am very good at "non-resident" taxes having paid 4 states over the past 3 years.
Your office in Texas is a legal entity and that is where your payroll originates, therefore its the source, not HQ in Mass.
On the other hand, this guy's payroll was from a legal entity in NY, therefore, he owes NY his state income tax, and maybe local if the office is in NYC.
This really isn't a new precedent; he must have just been challenging the taxes as a way to get out of them altogether.
He will still file taxes as a resident in the state he telecommutes from and that state will give him a credit for the taxes he paid on income derived from legal entities in other states.
In all honesty, why can't we just focus on wireless? Once the wires are gone, and infrastructure is just a mesh of hubs every 25 miles or something, then competition will reign supreme.
Oh come on, I never said everyone has cable. I lived in rural Illinois; I know this. Fact is, whether it's cable to the home, fiber to the home, or some massive highspeed WLAN, companies will build devices to supply digital content downloads direct to the user. I think they will go for subscription over PPV because it means a locked-in revenue stream. I was buying VHS 5 years ago, I still buy CDs today, but in the end, digital distribution will replace them all. We all just need to think outside the box. To your point, maybe rural areas will not see it as quickly, but it will happen.
How many people do you know have cable? Boom, done. Everything is there for the digital download of content (all types) straight to the set-top box. Your parent's will never know they have broadband. The will just get the box from the cable company and have full access (PPV or subscription, I don't know, but I like subscription) to Netflix / Blockbuster / movie label content.
Just to make us think though. The story IS about PPV TV, not buy and own an episode TV. The music companies think $1 a song that you get to keep (well, for now) is too low. Ask yourself, if you had to PPListen to music, how much would you pay.. 5 cents per song, 1 cent. Who knows?
My big bet in all of this is subscription services. Even though most people scoff at Napsters new service with MS tie-ins, I think they hit the nail on the head. Imagine paying, say, $50-100 ($15 for music, $20 for movies, $40 or 50 for TV, something like this and you may already pay for this if you by CDs, have Netflix and pay for cable) a month to receive a bundle of all the music, movies, and TV you could download. I would consider it. Format wouldn't matter so much, you would find the best trade off between time to download and quality (HD vs. SD). I LOVE this idea and think we will eventually see this model. Businesses will love it and it at least gives me what I want. But I know, it is just me.
Being from Cobb County, I can only correct you by saying that it is LARGELY Protestant community. There are no Catholics in the South (exaggeration for emphasis). Know your demographics.
Plus, you will never win your Evolution argument against a person who believes in intelligent design.
Then friggin' drive. Or take a boat with your own cabin.
Since when is it your right to have a quiet flight? I've never seen them ban crying babies or that annoying bastard that won't stop talking to the person beside him.
Buy some noise-cancelling earphones. Just please stop thinking you are the sole revenue source.
Fact is, you will still fly because you know their product is still worthwhile at its price.
The fact that technology will alleviate scarcity is also capitalism, not just that businesses try to maximize profit.
Capitalism is the entire market working together to bring equilibrium to supply and demand. If companies have too much control over supply (monopoly-like) and prices get too high, then the market will create alternatives to release this pressure (i.e., Linux, VoIP). It's all a part of capitalism.
Lower cost, that's what will lure them. Big companies like GE are so close to moving to solutions like OOo because of cost. When GE can support OOo in-house for half the cost of their Microsoft licensing through an off-shore GDC, what the hell do you think they are going to do?
People complain about the features they will loose, but when it comes down to it, office productivity suites like Office and OOo are commodities now. Nobody picks their word processor because of "Outline Mode". The CIO will just tell them to shut up and get their job done.
I swear, the second GE or Coke or Time Warner switches to OOo, this conversation will be over. Cost will lure them away. Standards and other commonalities will help drive this.
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No, I think you have this wrong. I, for various reasons, am very good at "non-resident" taxes having paid 4 states over the past 3 years.
Your office in Texas is a legal entity and that is where your payroll originates, therefore its the source, not HQ in Mass.
On the other hand, this guy's payroll was from a legal entity in NY, therefore, he owes NY his state income tax, and maybe local if the office is in NYC.
This really isn't a new precedent; he must have just been challenging the taxes as a way to get out of them altogether.
He will still file taxes as a resident in the state he telecommutes from and that state will give him a credit for the taxes he paid on income derived from legal entities in other states.
Yes, but it's clearly not funny.
Well if Bush would lift the ban, we could use those AWESOME embryonic stem cells instead. Just insert DNA and POOF! - A T-Rex.
In all honesty, why can't we just focus on wireless? Once the wires are gone, and infrastructure is just a mesh of hubs every 25 miles or something, then competition will reign supreme.
Right?
Amazing!!! I quick look at my company's global address book, and I found that Amit Singh is actually working nine jobs.
Oh wait, seems this might be a common name.
Oh come on, I never said everyone has cable. I lived in rural Illinois; I know this. Fact is, whether it's cable to the home, fiber to the home, or some massive highspeed WLAN, companies will build devices to supply digital content downloads direct to the user. I think they will go for subscription over PPV because it means a locked-in revenue stream. I was buying VHS 5 years ago, I still buy CDs today, but in the end, digital distribution will replace them all. We all just need to think outside the box. To your point, maybe rural areas will not see it as quickly, but it will happen.
How many people do you know have cable? Boom, done. Everything is there for the digital download of content (all types) straight to the set-top box. Your parent's will never know they have broadband. The will just get the box from the cable company and have full access (PPV or subscription, I don't know, but I like subscription) to Netflix / Blockbuster / movie label content.
Just to make us think though. The story IS about PPV TV, not buy and own an episode TV. The music companies think $1 a song that you get to keep (well, for now) is too low. Ask yourself, if you had to PPListen to music, how much would you pay.. 5 cents per song, 1 cent. Who knows?
My big bet in all of this is subscription services. Even though most people scoff at Napsters new service with MS tie-ins, I think they hit the nail on the head. Imagine paying, say, $50-100 ($15 for music, $20 for movies, $40 or 50 for TV, something like this and you may already pay for this if you by CDs, have Netflix and pay for cable) a month to receive a bundle of all the music, movies, and TV you could download. I would consider it. Format wouldn't matter so much, you would find the best trade off between time to download and quality (HD vs. SD). I LOVE this idea and think we will eventually see this model. Businesses will love it and it at least gives me what I want. But I know, it is just me.
Well, at least they're not Communists any more.
Being from Cobb County, I can only correct you by saying that it is LARGELY Protestant community. There are no Catholics in the South (exaggeration for emphasis). Know your demographics.
Plus, you will never win your Evolution argument against a person who believes in intelligent design.
Then friggin' drive. Or take a boat with your own cabin.
Since when is it your right to have a quiet flight? I've never seen them ban crying babies or that annoying bastard that won't stop talking to the person beside him.
Buy some noise-cancelling earphones. Just please stop thinking you are the sole revenue source.
Fact is, you will still fly because you know their product is still worthwhile at its price.
BS...
The fact that technology will alleviate scarcity is also capitalism, not just that businesses try to maximize profit.
Capitalism is the entire market working together to bring equilibrium to supply and demand. If companies have too much control over supply (monopoly-like) and prices get too high, then the market will create alternatives to release this pressure (i.e., Linux, VoIP). It's all a part of capitalism.
Invisible hand, folks...
Lower cost, that's what will lure them. Big companies like GE are so close to moving to solutions like OOo because of cost. When GE can support OOo in-house for half the cost of their Microsoft licensing through an off-shore GDC, what the hell do you think they are going to do?
People complain about the features they will loose, but when it comes down to it, office productivity suites like Office and OOo are commodities now. Nobody picks their word processor because of "Outline Mode". The CIO will just tell them to shut up and get their job done.
I swear, the second GE or Coke or Time Warner switches to OOo, this conversation will be over. Cost will lure them away. Standards and other commonalities will help drive this.
Apparently you didn't watch Joe Schmo 2.
That's a dead link.
EPA rated at 19 mpg. I get around 20 mpg.