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Originally Posted by wayrad
Even if there was a tangible object being sold, I thought they would only have to charge NY tax if they had a physical presence located in NY state. Unless there's some special aspect to the situation - I have a vague recollection that Amazon had to charge tax on DTBs because of having affiliates in NY, but it doesn't seem like a niche publisher selling books off their own website in California would have that problem. If it's Apple, the situation is a lot clearer.
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This is correct. I sell some software I have written and nothing physical changes hands. I have to collect NY State sales tax every time I make a sale to a NY resident because I am in New York myself.