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Do you pay taxes on cable and phone service? Both are "digital goods"

Those services need your physical address. Netflix does not. Use your head. If nothing has to be shipped to you, why would you use a billing address that's not in Alaska, Delaware, Montana, Oregon, or New Hampshire? 🤫
 
There are less than 5 states that charge tax on digital services

False.

Best to just have your digital avatar live in one of the five completely sales tax free states when buying anything that doesn't have to be shipped to your physical location. 🤷‍♀️
 
False.

Best to just have your digital avatar live in one of the five completely sales tax free states when buying anything that doesn't have to be shipped to your physical location. 🤷‍♀️
Your links are incorrect, for example-

Below is a list of U.S. states that generally exempt digital goods:

  • Alaska
  • California
  • Delaware
  • Florida
That is where I live, here is the correct information-

Mobile communications and video services are taxed at the total Florida rate of 7.44% plus the applicable local tax rate. There is no residential exemption.

What is Taxable?

Communications services include telecommunications, video, direct-to-home satellite, and related services.

This definition includes voice, data, audio, video, or any other information or signals transmitted by any medium.

Examples of services subject to the tax include, but are not limited to:

Video services (for example, television programming), whether provided by a cable, telephone, or other communications services provider

Video streaming

Direct-to-home satellite


 
Your links are incorrect, for example-

Below is a list of U.S. states that generally exempt digital goods:

  • Alaska
  • California
  • Delaware
  • Florida
That is where I live, here is the correct information-

Mobile communications and video services are taxed at the total Florida rate of 7.44% plus the applicable local tax rate. There is no residential exemption.

What is Taxable?

Communications services include telecommunications, video, direct-to-home satellite, and related services.

This definition includes voice, data, audio, video, or any other information or signals transmitted by any medium.

Examples of services subject to the tax include, but are not limited to:

Video services (for example, television programming), whether provided by a cable, telephone, or other communications services provider


Video streaming

Direct-to-home satellite

My understanding is that she was talking about taxing Netflix
 
My understanding is that she was talking about taxing Netflix
And that is what I posted, what do you believe Video Streaming is, I even put it in bold.
 
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