Re: Change to Netflix Taxes

In article <1135946467_1301@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "RobMac" <rpmccartney@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I just got an email from Netflix (not that I'll be using them much longer
>anyway) that states the following :
>
>"Thank you for being a Netflix member. We are writing to let you know that
>on January 1, 2006, as required by your state and local tax laws, Netflix
>will switch from collecting a sales tax to collecting a use/rental tax. The
>price of your Netflix plan is the same, but this change in tax types may
>change your full monthly subscription charge slightly and will start on your
>next billing date."
>
>My question is : "What the hell is a use/rental tax" ?
>
>I can find no mention of one in a Google search within PAs tax laws.
>Is it more or less than PA's State Tax?
>Anyone have any clues? Any CPAs out there?
>
>
>

Just one more thing the US is adapting from european countries.
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