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The Institute for Justice (IJ) is a libertarian non-profit public interest law firm in the United States.

Libertarian - ie: code for conservative whack jobs that subscribe only to laws and regulations they agree with.

We've run into this kind of argument in Oregon. My suggestion is to apply for a conditional use permit (CUP) for the mural, or whatever the equivalent is in this town. It recognizes this mural is out of the oridinary and could be mistaken as signage, but has been authorized on a temporary basis with reasons described in the permit. The CUP will expire in a predetermined amount of time - generally five to ten years - is not subject to automatic renewal, and as such will come up for administrstive review and public discussion prior to expiration.
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sugar magnolia wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:40 am
W. Kevin Vicklund wrote: Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:37 am Just because you figured out a way to exploit high school students doesn't mean you get to bypass the law.
Obviously, I don't know the details of how the kids painted the mural, but when an opportunity like that comes up around here there is fierce competition to be chosen. Some have been paid, some haven't, city-wide or limited to one school, the whole school or just the art classes, limited ages or grades, if they apply and are chosen, it's a huge deal to them and I doubt they feel exploited. We get a $10,000 grant every year to produce a Young Artisans exhibit of students from a dozen schools chosen by their art teachers and the students are over the moon at their work being seen publicly. Some of the public murals round town here give service credits for working on them too.

As to anything other than the exploitation angle, :shrug:
Lots of great high school mural projects in Brooklyn, I don't believe anyone was exploited though. It's a big deal to them. A good big deal.
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‘They traumatized her without any reason.’ Kansas girl, 3, sent to live with new family

Laura Bauer
Wed, February 1, 2023 at 1:00 AM GMT+1

Crying that she wanted to go home, a 3-year-old girl was sent to live with a new family Tuesday afternoon, devastating the one she had lived with her whole life.

“You could hear her crying down the hall,” said Nicole DeHaven, tears falling down her cheeks as she talked about the little girl she and her husband, John, have raised since she was three days old. “They had to hold her back. She kept saying, ‘I want to go home. I want to go home.”

Wyandotte County Judge Jane A. Wilson ordered the DeHavens to turn over the girl at the county’s juvenile office by 4 p.m. Tuesday, the couple said. From there, the girl in the pink Aurora princess dress would be taken to a family in Manhattan, Kansas, that wants to adopt her.

In a decision Friday, Wilson ruled against the recommendation of the Kansas Department for Children and Families that the girl stay with the DeHavens, who have been her foster family since Oct. 31, 2019.

Wilson then consented to the girl being adopted by the Manhattan family, which has three of her biological siblings, although she has never lived with them.

DCF has appealed that court ruling.

The case has caught the attention of the public, child advocates and Kansas lawmakers. Many say that, while on paper reuniting siblings is often best, in cases such as this other factors should be taken into consideration.

The girl has never lived with her siblings and has spent just 10 hours with the Manhattan family. The DeHavens’ Gardner home is the only one she has ever known.

And, critics point out, if getting the siblings together was so important, why has it taken three years, all while the little girl has bonded with the DeHavens and their other child?




https://www.yahoo.com/news/traumatized- ... 40814.html
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How sad.
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"Will no one think of the children?"

Apparently not.
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FTC fines GoodRx for unauthorized sharing of health data

By FRANK BAJAK
February 2, 2023

In a first-of-its-kind enforcement, the Federal Trade Commission has imposed a $1.5 million penalty on telehealth and prescription drug discount provider GoodRx Holdings Inc. for sharing users’ personal health data with Facebook, Google and other third parties without their consent.

Under a settlement, California-based GoodRx also accepted that it will be prohibited going forward from sharing user health data with third parties for advertising purposes, the FTC said. GoodRx admitted no wrongdoing and said in a blog post that it settled “to avoid the time and expense of protracted litigation.” The agreement is pending federal court approval.

Consumer protection advocates hailed Wednesday’s announcement as a potential game-changer that could seriously curtail a little-known phenomenon: The trafficking in sensitive health data by businesses not strictly classified as health care providers.

“Digital health companies and mobile apps should not cash in on consumers’ extremely sensitive and personally identifiable health information,” Samuel Levine, head of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement. “The FTC is serving notice that it will use all of its legal authority to protect American consumers’ sensitive data from misuse and illegal exploitation.”





https://apnews.com/article/technology-p ... 67a4acb561
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GoodRx fined for sharing private health data with Facebook, Google, others

Published: Feb. 02, 2023, 7:48 a.m.

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They refused to change her from a He to a She on her driver’s license, so she took her shirt off in the parking lot. At which point she was arrested for indecent exposure, jailed for 23 days, and is still facing the indecent exposure charges. But if she was a he then how can showing her chest be indecent exposure? Tennessee.
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Because he's a guy with artificial Breasts attached. :roll: It's the Breasts that make it indecent exposure.

Sorry, the logical conundrum isn't.
https://www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › indecent exposure
Indecent exposure Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun. in· de· cent exposure. : the exposing of one's private body parts (as the genitals) either recklessly or intentionally and under circumstances likely to cause offense or affront. Note: Indecent exposure is generally classified as a misdemeanor.
I imagine the guy was getting into peoples faces and causing a scene just to be an ass, and the indecent exposure was the final straw. And the story left that part out.
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Suranis wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:27 am Because he's a guy with artificial Breasts attached. :roll: It's the Breasts that make it indecent exposure.

Sorry, the logical conundrum isn't.
https://www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › indecent exposure
Indecent exposure Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
noun. in· de· cent exposure. : the exposing of one's private body parts (as the genitals) either recklessly or intentionally and under circumstances likely to cause offense or affront. Note: Indecent exposure is generally classified as a misdemeanor.
I imagine the guy was getting into peoples faces and causing a scene just to be an ass, and the indecent exposure was the final straw. And the story left that part out.
Let's start with the Texas Law on Indecent Exposure:
Sec. 21.08. INDECENT EXPOSURE. (a) A person commits an offense if he exposes his anus or any part of his genitals with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, and he is reckless about whether another is present who will be offended or alarmed by his act.

PENAL CODE CHAPTER 21. SEXUAL OFFENSES
Ok, so that's going to be more applicable than the dictionary definition since it's the actual law.

Note that there are two JOINED requirements for Indecent Exposure. The person must be exposing genetalia FOR THE PURPOSE of sexual arousal or gratification AND they must be doing it without regard for what someone else around might think. It can't just be one of the two, it has to be both.

Ok, first question should be if what was exposed was genetalia. I ask this because while it might seem obvious that breasts, even artificial ones, are genetalia, we need to consider the case of men who get what are essentially breast implants to make their chests look bigger in order to be more appealing to women. Or, in other words, to arouse them sexually and get them interested in him. These men can go around shirtless without worrying about being arrested for indecent exposure, largely becase we typically don't consider a man's chest or nipples to be genetalia.

IF these men can go around, showing off their enhanced colloquially-non-genital chests to get women all hot and bothered, and IF the person in this story is a man as the state insists, then it doesn't seem right that he gets in trouble for exposing his own enhanced colloquially-non-gential chest in order to make a point and NOT to get anyone turned on.

From the other side, if this person is a woman, as she insists, then her breast would be considered genetalia. She's still not showing it off for sexual purposes, but it's a lot closer to the indecent exposure definition than if she's viewed as a man. But that would also mean that the DMV should have gone ahead and made the gender change on the driver's license.

Either way, there's still something wrong with what happened.

As for what you describe of the person's potential behavior, as you point out, it's just what you're imagination at this point. I can just as easily imagine she was trying to reason with the DMV clerk until it became clear that the clerk had no reason, at which point, she took her shirt off to make the point that if she was a man, it shouldn't be a problem for her to do so. And the story left that part out.
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‘An Earthquake’: Judge Rules PA School Funding Unconstitutional, Must Be Changed

Jo Napolitano
Wed, February 8, 2023 at 9:16 PM GMT+1 Updated

A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday ruled the state’s school funding formula unconstitutional, noting it leaves poor districts unable to afford the teachers, counselors, curriculum and building repairs necessary to meet students’ needs — and keep them safe.

After an eight-year legal battle, Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer’s decision came down resoundingly on the side of the families, school districts and advocates who sued for more money. She found the stark disparities in outcomes between students in high- and low-wealth districts were directly related to the vast difference in resources made available to them by a state funding formula reliant on local property taxes.

Jubelirer said it is now up to the state to craft a more equitable system for its 1.73 million schoolchildren. Her ruling did not come with a timetable — though it did advise all relevant parties to do so at “the first opportunity” — nor a specific payment amount. Although Pennsylvania has since directed more money to its public schools, the plaintiffs had alleged districts were being underfunded by $4.6 billion a year.

“All witnesses agree that every child can learn,” the judge concluded at the end of her 786-page decision. “It is now the obligation of the Legislature, Executive Branch, and educators, to make the constitutional promise a reality in this Commonwealth.”

Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg, a senior attorney with the Public Interest Law Center who represented the school districts, said the judge’s ruling marked an extraordinary moment.

“This is an earthquake that will reverberate for the children of Pennsylvania for a long, long, long time,” he said.




https://www.yahoo.com/news/earthquake-j ... 47279.html
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RTH10260 wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 2:53 am
‘An Earthquake’: Judge Rules PA School Funding Unconstitutional, Must Be Changed

Jo Napolitano
Wed, February 8, 2023 at 9:16 PM GMT+1 Updated

A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday ruled the state’s school funding formula unconstitutional, noting it leaves poor districts unable to afford the teachers, counselors, curriculum and building repairs necessary to meet students’ needs — and keep them safe.

After an eight-year legal battle, Judge Renée Cohn Jubelirer’s decision came down resoundingly on the side of the families, school districts and advocates who sued for more money. She found the stark disparities in outcomes between students in high- and low-wealth districts were directly related to the vast difference in resources made available to them by a state funding formula reliant on local property taxes.

Jubelirer said it is now up to the state to craft a more equitable system for its 1.73 million schoolchildren. Her ruling did not come with a timetable — though it did advise all relevant parties to do so at “the first opportunity” — nor a specific payment amount. Although Pennsylvania has since directed more money to its public schools, the plaintiffs had alleged districts were being underfunded by $4.6 billion a year.

“All witnesses agree that every child can learn,” the judge concluded at the end of her 786-page decision. “It is now the obligation of the Legislature, Executive Branch, and educators, to make the constitutional promise a reality in this Commonwealth.”

Dan Urevick-Ackelsberg, a senior attorney with the Public Interest Law Center who represented the school districts, said the judge’s ruling marked an extraordinary moment.

“This is an earthquake that will reverberate for the children of Pennsylvania for a long, long, long time,” he said.




https://www.yahoo.com/news/earthquake-j ... 47279.html
(original: The 74)
The Ohio Supreme Court has TWICE ruled that basing school funding on property taxes violates the Ohio Constitution. The local school boards throughout the state have ignored these rulings, and the court has said that they will not entertain any more school funding cases. Schools continue to be funded almost exclusively by local property taxes.

In a fit of what, to me, is bad logic, the court refused to order the schools to stop using property taxes or to craft some other method of funding.

The Ohio court's thinking was the same as that of the Pennsylvania court: wealthy suburban school districts are able to tax their residents and easily spend $10k - $12k (or more) per student, while the poorer inner city and rural districts struggle to raise and spend $5k per student. And it shows in test scores, graduation rates and college admissions.
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It's been that way here for as long as I can remember. I think it's true of lots of places, and it's a bad idea.
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I am not too familiar with state income taxation in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

I have prepared a handful of individual returns over the years for residents and non-residents alike of that states and commonwealth.*

I recall that the tax returns ask for the school district code for the resident--999 I think if a non-resident. Talk about a pain in the ass to look on a map and then have to guess exactly which district the taxpayer lives in because the taxpayer is unclear. (This was before there was an interactive tool available on the state's tax website.)

Then, based upon the school district, a surtax was added to the total state tax liability. I do not think that the surtax percentages were equal throughout the states.

Since I am a Californian, this approach just seemed wrong. The wealthy in urban areas paid more in local tax that ostensibly stayed in the community while the poorer rural folks paid much less and then would receive less in public services and assistance.
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humblescribe wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 6:24 pm I am not too familiar with state income taxation in Ohio and Pennsylvania.


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A difference without distinction. Same thing.
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raison de arizona wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 9:41 pm They refused to change her from a He to a She on her driver’s license, so she took her shirt off in the parking lot. At which point she was arrested for indecent exposure, jailed for 23 days, and is still facing the indecent exposure charges. But if she was a he then how can showing her chest be indecent exposure? Tennessee.
Transgender woman 'flashed her breasts at DMV staff after they refused to change her gender from male to female on license'

A transgender woman was arrested after baring her breasts at a driving licence office - because staff would not alter her sex from male to female on her licence.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... cense.html
Interesting, under Tennessee law, what she did isn't actually indecent exposure, but rather public indecency:
39-13-511. Public indecency Indecent exposure.

(a) (1) (A) A person commits the offense of public indecency who, in a public place, as defined in subdivision (a)(2)(B), knowingly or intentionally:

(i) Engages in sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation, excretory functions or other ultimate sex acts;

(ii) Appears in a state of nudity; or

(iii) Fondles the genitals of the person, or another person.

:snippity:

(2) As used in subdivision (a)(1):

(A) “Nudity” or “state of nudity” means the showing of the bare human male or female genitals or pubic area with less than a fully opaque covering, the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of the areola, or the showing of the covered male genitals in a discernibly turgid state. “Nudity” or “state of nudity” does not include a mother in the act of nursing the mother's baby; and

:snippity:

(3) Public indecency is punishable as follows:

(A) A first or second offense is a Class B misdemeanor punishable only by a fine of five hundred dollars ($500); and

(B) A third or subsequent offense is a Class A misdemeanor punishable by a fine of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) or confinement for not more than eleven (11) months and twenty-nine (29) days, or both.

:snippity:

(b) (1) A person commits the offense of indecent exposure who:

(A) In a public place, as defined in § 39-11-106, or on the private premises of another, or so near thereto as to be seen from the private premises:

(i) Intentionally:

(a) Exposes the person's genitals or buttocks to another; or

(b) Engages in sexual contact or sexual penetration as defined in § 39-13-501; and

(ii) Reasonably expects that the acts will be viewed by another and the acts:

(a) Will offend an ordinary viewer; or

(b) Are for the purpose of sexual arousal and gratification of the defendant; or

(B) (i) Knowingly invites, entices or fraudulently induces the child of another into the person's residence for the purpose of attaining sexual arousal or gratification by intentionally engaging in the following conduct in the presence of the child:

(a) Exposure of such person's genitals, buttocks or female breasts; or

(b) Masturbation.

(ii) Knowingly engages in the person's own residence, in the intended presence of any child, for the defendant's sexual arousal or gratification the following intentional conduct:

(a) Exposure of the person's genitals, buttocks or female breasts; or

(b) Masturbation.

(iii) No prosecution shall be commenced for a violation of subdivision (b)(1)(B)(ii)(a ) based solely upon the uncorroborated testimony of a witness who shares with the accused any of the relationships described in § 36-3-601(5).

(iv) For the provisions of subdivision (b)(1)(B)(i) or (b)(1)(B)(ii) to apply, the defendant must be eighteen (18) years of age or older and the child victim must be less than thirteen (13) years of age.

(2) “Indecent exposure,” as defined in subdivision (b)(1), is a Class B misdemeanor, unless the defendant is eighteen (18) years of age or older and the victim is under thirteen (13) years of age, in which event, indecent exposure is a Class A misdemeanor. Additionally, “indecent exposure,” as defined in subdivision (b)(1), is a Class E felony when the defendant is eighteen (18) years of age or older, the victim is under thirteen (13) years of age, and the defendant has any combination of two (2) or more prior convictions under this section.

:snippity:
https://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/ ... /39-13-511

The indecent exposure charge in a public place does not apply to exposing female breasts, but it is called out in other sections.* Therefore, the only charge available is public indecency for nudity, which is punishable by fine only, unless she has at least two prior convictions. Any IAALs want to weigh in on whether she could be jailed for 23 days for a charge that doesn't carry jail-time?

*It is possible that the site I cited is incomplete, or that the courts have ruled that the law as published accidentally omitted that, but I have to go with what I find here.
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humblescribe wrote: Thu Feb 09, 2023 6:24 pm I am not too familiar with state income taxation in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

I have prepared a handful of individual returns over the years for residents and non-residents alike of that states and commonwealth.*

I recall that the tax returns ask for the school district code for the resident--999 I think if a non-resident. Talk about a pain in the ass to look on a map and then have to guess exactly which district the taxpayer lives in because the taxpayer is unclear. (This was before there was an interactive tool available on the state's tax website.)

Then, based upon the school district, a surtax was added to the total state tax liability. I do not think that the surtax percentages were equal throughout the states.

Since I am a Californian, this approach just seemed wrong. The wealthy in urban areas paid more in local tax that ostensibly stayed in the community while the poorer rural folks paid much less and then would receive less in public services and assistance.
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I don't know if you were replying to me, but I was talking about local property taxes, not income tax. Twice a year, the county sends a tax bill. This funds many government functions, but the lion's share goes to schools. It is this that the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled unconstitutional, but which remains the primary source of funding for schools. No one is doing anything to change this unconstitutional tax.

There is a spot on the Ohio state income tax form, in which the taxpayer enters a code indicating their local school district. This has nothing to do with property tax. Some, not all, school districts in Ohio impose a tax on income. My local district does not, so I have never had to deal with this.
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Thank you, NoblePA.

Yeah this whole local taxation on state income tax returns has tied me in knots. Out here in the wild and woolly West, we pay state income tax to Sac. We pay sales tax on taxable sales that the vendor sends to Sac. Sac keeps 6% and returns the excess to the locality where the purchase was made. Various localities also have small percentages to tack onto the general sales tax to help fund new roads, schools, libraries, and other public benefit projects. These additional percentages are generally one-half of one percent to 7/8%.

Real and personal property taxes are the sole domain of the county. The county assesses the taxable value of real property pursuant to the rules of 1978's Prop 13. The tax rate is a flat 1%. Then there are also miscellaneous add-ons for mosquito abatement, flood control--the list is endless and varies from location to location even within the same county. Businesses also pay unsecured property taxes on business assets and possessory interest taxes on rented real property that belongs to a tax-exempt entity. But all property taxes collected stay in the counties and are not remitted to Sac.

And California does not have severance taxes on oil and gas. Funny how that is.
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humblescribe wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 3:43 pm Out here in the wild and woolly West, we pay state income tax to Sac. We pay sales tax on taxable sales that the vendor sends to Sac. Sac keeps 6% and returns the excess to the locality where the purchase was made.
Oh, is that how it works? I was considering setting up a retail business where I would need to charge sales tax (and later help others set up the same.) Nothing too lucrative, more of a hobby business, an addition to my current sole proprietorship. Where I live, sales tax is roughly 6% CA, 3% county, 1% city - a total of 10%. I was looking through the paperwork and couldn't make heads or tails of the stuff, like how I would remit to the latter.

I don't mean to be rude by discussing a personal question, but I would be grateful if you could point me to any resources that could help explain this. Or if this is out of your sphere of experience, feel free to disregard this. At this point I might put it off until next year, or find a work-around, this stuff is way too complicated. In any case, you may have already pointed me in the right direction - thanks.
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busterbunker wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:33 pm
humblescribe wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 3:43 pm Out here in the wild and woolly West, we pay state income tax to Sac. We pay sales tax on taxable sales that the vendor sends to Sac. Sac keeps 6% and returns the excess to the locality where the purchase was made.
Oh, is that how it works? I was considering setting up a retail business where I would need to charge sales tax (and later help others set up the same.) Nothing too lucrative, more of a hobby business, an addition to my current sole proprietorship. Where I live, sales tax is roughly 6% CA, 3% county, 1% city - a total of 10%. I was looking through the paperwork and couldn't make heads or tails of the stuff, like how I would remit to the latter.

I don't mean to be rude by discussing a personal question, but I would be grateful if you could point me to any resources that could help explain this. Or if this is out of your sphere of experience, feel free to disregard this. At this point I might put it off until next year, or find a work-around, this stuff is way too complicated. In any case, you may have already pointed me in the right direction - thanks.
They make it easy, Busterbunker.

Go to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration website:

https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/

There they walk you through the steps to obtain a resale license/seller's permit. Once you have a resale license, you can purchase items from your suppliers free of sales tax (ex-tax). You will be required to file monthly/quarterly/annual sales tax returns to report the amount of tax collected and remitted. Filing and payment of tax collected depends on the volume of sales. These returns get tricky when you are in one jurisdiction (say Laguna Beach) and make a sale in another jurisdiction (say Redding) because the rates are different. You should collect the proper rate for the jurisdiction the sale is made. Track out-of-state sales that are not subject to California sales tax. You might inquire if you start selling a lot of product in many different states if they will have a collection and filing requirement. The Supremes in the Wayfair case a few years' back said as much. There are de minimis amounts but each state will have a different threshold.

The State does a pretty good job with the FAQs on the web page. I think they have an up-to-date rate page to tell folks like you the correct percentage of sales tax to collect in the various locations throughout the state. One area that is real blurry is where the sale occurs when it is shipped. Common carriers, private delivery services, FOB all factor in. And I think that tax is collected on shipping costs too.

For sales tax purposes, you really need to have excellent record keeping. If you have two businesses, and one does not make taxable sales, you really need to keep things separate. I'd go so far as to use different banks (but I wear a belt and suspenders, so there's that.)
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busterbunker wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:33 pm
humblescribe wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 3:43 pm Out here in the wild and woolly West, we pay state income tax to Sac. We pay sales tax on taxable sales that the vendor sends to Sac. Sac keeps 6% and returns the excess to the locality where the purchase was made.
Oh, is that how it works? I was considering setting up a retail business where I would need to charge sales tax (and later help others set up the same.) Nothing too lucrative, more of a hobby business, an addition to my current sole proprietorship. Where I live, sales tax is roughly 6% CA, 3% county, 1% city - a total of 10%. I was looking through the paperwork and couldn't make heads or tails of the stuff, like how I would remit to the latter.

I don't mean to be rude by discussing a personal question, but I would be grateful if you could point me to any resources that could help explain this. Or if this is out of your sphere of experience, feel free to disregard this. At this point I might put it off until next year, or find a work-around, this stuff is way too complicated. In any case, you may have already pointed me in the right direction - thanks.
From my online reading experience, if you sell accross state lines you need to go with professional software to get a good grip on things. Within your home state you may manage with a homebrew solution.

Eg. one Youtube poster had until recently a SME in New York City. He had the tax office audit his books. He good hooked for a very special case he ought to have charged local taxes, a case his accounting software didn't cater for. Occaisonly an out of city/county/state customer would order online for home delivery (not all kind of taxes required to be paid) and then suddenly turn up at the shop and pick up the order. The auditors considered that suddenly as a local sale with additional taxes :cantlook: To be fair, he did not get fined but had to pay up something like $40 (total over 1 year!) to make up for the error. His error rate like 0.000...0001% yearly over several years).
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Wow - what a can of worms - than you very much for the advice. That's a good idea to keep my operations separate. I've been to the CDTFA site before and promptly got lost. At this point, the time, expenses and liabilities probably outweigh any potential profits, so I'll probably keep the store on the shelf and work on the product. Or go the work-around route. If I can't figure it out, it's probably even harder for other folks and that's a shame, at least in my book. Thanks again.
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Texas dad convicted of murder in fatal shootings by teen son

Sat, February 11, 2023 at 8:22 PM GMT+1

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man has been convicted of capital murder in the fatal shooting of three teenagers by the man’s then-14-year-old son.

Richard Acosta, 34, was convicted Friday by a jury in Dallas of capital murder for the 2021 shooting deaths of Xavier Gonzalez, 14; Ivan Noyala, 16; and Rafael Garcia, 17, the day after Christmas. A 15-year-old newly hired cook was injured in the shooting and has recovered.

Acosta testified that he did not know his son, Abel Acosta, had a gun or had shot anyone, only that the teenager got into his vehicle and told his father to drive away because someone was shooting.

Abel Acosta disappeared shortly after the shooting and authorities say he remains at large and is considered armed and dangerous.

Prosecutors argued that Richard Acosta sought to dispose of evidence and tried to move his family from Garland.

Richard Acosta, who surrendered to police days after the shooting and was indicted nearly one year ago, said his son disappeared later the night of the shooting.

“We are only halfway to justice,” according to a statement on social media by the Garland Police Department that said authorities would persist in their search. "We will not stop until Abel Acosta is captured.”

Richard Acosta testified that he does not know where his son is.

Acosta, who faces life without parole because prosecutors did not seek the death penalty, was convicted under a Texas law that allows accomplices to be charged even if they did not commit the actual crime.




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