On 14/09/2007, graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interestingly enough I do not believe any state here in the US taxes service, > only goods. That was one of the reasons that after my first attempt as a > commercial photographer I changed my rate structure to a pure service one of > time + a service charge for obtaining materials which I bought retail. The > time not wasted dealing with the Bureaucracy was substantial. Any way you can > avoid dealing with them without getting in trouble is a good way, and usually > a profitable way.
Well ours is a good and services tax and as it's written even services proffered for free or in exchange for other services also attract GST (for the equivalent value of the work), not that this ever actually is applied. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net