Re: business license

**C* B* <c*@twcny.rr.com>**

I expect NYS will eventually be collecting sales tax on freelance writers' "services." Sales tax returns are required for practically everybody who provides a service. Currently, "providing certain information services" is subject to sales tax, whatever those are supposed to be.

Carol Bradford

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> Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 20:20:54 -0500
> From: Nancy Szerlag <szerlag@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [GWL] business license
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> I doubt the filing fee is a source of revenue. However, the licensing  
> probably allows the state  to keep  tract of contract employees to  
> collect taxes on their incomes.
> Nancy Szerlag
> On Jan 8, 2010, at 2:02 PM, Marty Wingate wrote:
> 
>> My original question about freelancers and business licenses stemmed
>> from a magazine's business office being audited by the state of
>> Washington. The state told the business office that anyone the
>> magazine paid ("contract labor workers") needed to have a UBI
>> (Unified Business Identifier) number. I believe the state is trying
>> to scrape up any revenue it can (there's a $15 fee for filing).
>> 
>> Marty Wingate

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