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[Daedardus]

I too am upset that I don't get to hand the government 13% on all my psn purchases.

To be honest, I have to pay 21% taxes on luxury goods, but I got a free much needed doctor's visit this week and got my medicine almost for free so sometimes paying taxes isn't that bad.

 

[The Last Wizard]

Well we had a good run:/

 

[OmegaFax]

Pulled this off the ol' Wikipedia page for digital taxation. If you're grey then you're okay. (and if you're green then you're really okay).

 

[The Jazz Cabbage Master]

Oregon here. Sorry for y'all that have pay 😰

 

[jmaine_ph]

Thanks Trump.

 

[Pathfinder]

Pulled this off the ol' Wikipedia page for digital taxation. If you're grey then you're okay.

I'm in the grey. Hooray.

 

[Thorrgal]

Which is quite surprising, honestly.

It makes you wonder...i Kinda understand now many discussions I had with some people lately

 

[Yjynx]

Do people pay their taxes here? -> I'm surprised some people are surprised.

 

[TheAznOne]

Nothing yet for Connecticut.

 

[randomusername]

Pulled this off the ol' Wikipedia page for digital taxation. If you're grey then you're okay. (and if you're green then you're really okay).

I'm in MN and I got the email.

 

[Khrno]

I have a US PSN account where I just bought Persona 5 today for $60 and have $60 sitting there to buy Atelier Firis.

I don't live in the US but I haven't gotten any email about taxes.

I just checked, I have some Miami fake address on the account.

 

[Icolin]

All going towards improving PSN services, right?

.... right?

#ForThePayers

Sony can shove off, I'm not going digital anymore getting my 45 dollar games off of Amazon now.

Bad timing Sony. I'm disappointed

Y'all gotta learn how taxes work.

 

[zelas]

Nah live in Maryland as well and have not been taxed for purchases.

Seconded

 

[KillGore]

Can't you just change the state to one that doesn't charge tax?

 

[RootCause]

Booooo!!! This sucks. So now I'll have to spend $20 for any dlc that's priced at $9.99.

Because there's absolutely no way in hell im putting my card on psn.

 

[randomusername]

Can't you just change the state to one that doesn't charge tax?

Yes

 

[ViolentP]

America's wang wins again!

 

[GLAMr]

One day I want to live the dream of working in Washington and living in Oregon.

Would having different addresses on your account and CC billing address put you at risk for getting banned for suspected fraud?

 

[Nauren]

Well thank the flying spaghetti monster I live in Delaware.

 

[obeythed1734]

Live Free or Die!

 

[simmias]

Pulled this off the ol' Wikipedia page for digital taxation. If you're grey then you're okay. (and if you're green then you're really okay).

North Carolina residents have paid sales tax on digital purchases for years. I wonder how many other states are wrong in that map.

 

[Fisty]

Pulled this off the ol' Wikipedia page for digital taxation. If you're grey then you're okay. (and if you're green then you're really okay).

North Dakota is the Cayman Islands of PSN, good to know!

Looks like you could also set your PSN address to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and youll be clear too

 

[KaoteK]

So I guess everyone will "move" to Oregon?

Edit: OK according to that map, California is fine (I "live" there in Sony's eyes, I don't, I live in Cambodia)

 

[josecitoxnyo]

Pulled this off the ol' Wikipedia page for digital taxation. If you're grey then you're okay. (and if you're green then you're really okay).

What does the green means?

 

[Mooreberg]

I do too little digital purchasing (outside of Steam) to see a big difference with this, but these companies are doing a shit job at trying to migrate people to digital. If this did occur in my state and I bought one full MSRP game a month, that would be $204 a year in price differences vs. amazon prime. Somebody is fucking something up badly if a disc in a box can arrive in my mailbox on the same day it is available to play digitally, for $17 less. $204 is a year of Amazon Prime without a discount, GCU, a few months of Gamefly, and a bunch of stuff from Steam sales. They keep giving discs a stay of execution.

 

[MarcoZombieCannon]

Had no idea some (most?) people didn't pay tax on PSN purchases. It's been a thing for me for as long as I can remember (Utah).

I'm in Utah also and I've never been taxed. Except for one week at the end of this January, and even then I got an email saying I was incorrectly charged tax, and I was credited the extra funds back.

This sucks but it's not unexpected, especially after Amazon started collecting tax here.

 

[minameissteve]

New Hampshire here. No email yet.

 

[InsaneTiger]

So many ignorant people not knowing how taxes work and who those taxes go to.

HINT: Taxes go to the government.

 

[HStallion]

Dumb question but do Nintendo and MS get taxed on purchases made on their systems through their online stores? Or are they now going to be?

 

[Lexxism]

Dumb question but do Nintendo and MS get taxed on purchases made on their systems through their online stores? Or are they now going to be?

Yes

 

[Luminaire]

Y'all gotta learn how taxes work.

Children don't pay taxes.

Spoiler

Jokes

Just got the email myself and grumbled a bit as I've scraped by a few times with just one PSN card.

 

[firenskill2000]

Err, for NYS, I'm pretty sure tax was already being charged.

It's been this way since forever in NY.

I live in NY and am never charged tax.

 

[calder]

Hah threads like this make me remember how young a lot of people here are. Some very... unexpected reactions

 

[Mayor_McCheeze]

Well, it's been a good ride for several years of going all digital.

Here in Texas.

Thanks government.

 

[Mobile Suit Gooch]

I didn't get that email.

NC

 

[Yopis]

Pulled this off the ol' Wikipedia page for digital taxation. If you're grey then you're okay. (and if you're green then you're really okay).

I'm in a grey state awesome.

 

[nath999]

Interesting, I never realized we weren't taxed in Canada until now. That Ontario 13% tax on psn items is really going to suck and our prices are already ridiculous.

Anyone from Canada get a similar email?

 

[Zephyrous]

Taxachusetts here (Massachusetts) no tax on PSN purchases. So far only Nintendo and Microsoft tax here.

 

[krae_man]

PSN was taxed in Canada until the hack and it suddenly stopped when PSN came back after the hack. I just assumed someone forgot put it back in and nobody noticed until it was too late and they didn't want to take PSN down again to fix it.

 

[krae_man]

FINALLY SOMEONE USES THIS GIF RIGHT!

You get a million gold stars!

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Florida here and no email

 

[Zeouterlimits]

Welcome to the rest of the world.

Yeah, how the hell was this not the case until now?
You could buy stuff on US PSN and not be paying tax?!? That sounds bonkers.

 

[Skatewarp]

FL account here.
Not Tax email yet. 👀

 

[Gaspard]

Awww this was one of the reasons I loved PSN :/

 

[Xandremi]

Yeah, how the hell was this not the case until now?
You could buy stuff on US PSN and not be paying tax?!? That sounds bonkers.

I still don't pay tax on psn, live in NYC XD (i barely buy anything on psn so i pay taxes on all my physical games lol)

 

[Drilbit777]

Welp guess i'm buying everything physically now

EDIT: i'm in california and haven't recieved anything so guess i'm okay then

 

[pezzie]

Set your address on your PSN profile to a random Oregon address, buy PSN credit from Amazon, problem solved.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

Not seeing an email, (Canada) though that doesn't stop Nintendo.

 

[slit]

Yeah, how the hell was this not the case until now?
You could buy stuff on US PSN and not be paying tax?!? That sounds bonkers.

The same way you can go to other online marketplaces and not pay. Sales tax is collected by states, not by the federal gov't. If the business is in another state, they are under no obligation to collect the tax for the state of the purchaser. That's why it took so long for them to start collecting for Amazon.

 

[FinaruDensetsu]

Doesn't this mean that people in those states will also be taxed for eshop and XBL purchases?