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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

iPod Tax Starts Tomorrow

PSA from Maciver.

When you are done reading this, you will want to hit Amazon.com for a nice read or perhaps some other site to commence with the music downloads. You see, you need to get your digital purchases in motion before the new tax kicks in tomorrow.

eBooks? Yep, a new tax starts tomorrow.

Online music downloads? Yep, a new tax starts tomorrow.

Even ring tones? Yes, Wisconsin imposes a tax on them, too, starting tomorrow.

Sadly, Wisconsin is now even resorting to taxing purchased digital clip art, starting tomorrow.

Although it is imposed by less than half the states, as of tomorrow, Wisconsin will apply its sales and use taxes to sales of digital goods.

(5) Comments
Posted by Owen at 0637 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

  1. Looks like I need to make some downloads today…

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 30, 2009 at 0857 hrs


  2. That’s good information.  I’m really starting to like the ebooks.  You can use them on the iPod Touch, iPhone and Kindle.  I just dowloaded “The Cozen Protocol”...it’s a crime/mystery that involved gangs, police and corruption and it’s set in Milwaukee.

    Posted by Kelly on September 30, 2009 at 1434 hrs


  3. We tax like we mean it, too!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 30, 2009 at 1649 hrs


  4. Someone actually purchases ringtones? I always take my mp3s and turn them into ringtones. It’s much cheaper.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 01, 2009 at 1447 hrs


  5. @nerdbert - yes, people actually buy ringtones. In fact it’s a huge market - though I’m guessing mostly teenagers. In 2007 ringtone sales were well over $700 million in the US. Worldwide, it’s a Billion with a B market, maybe as high as $3-5 Billion per year.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on October 01, 2009 at 2311 hrs


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