Posted by Justin on 12/30/05 13:30

RobMac wrote on [Fri, 30 Dec 2005 07:39:17 -0500]:
> I just got an email from Netflix (not that I'll be using them much longer
> anyway) that states the following :
>
> "Thank you for being a Netflix member. We are writing to let you know that
> on January 1, 2006, as required by your state and local tax laws, Netflix
> will switch from collecting a sales tax to collecting a use/rental tax. The
> price of your Netflix plan is the same, but this change in tax types may
> change your full monthly subscription charge slightly and will start on your
> next billing date."
>
> My question is : "What the hell is a use/rental tax" ?
>
> I can find no mention of one in a Google search within PAs tax laws.

You mustn't have tried very hard
http://www.google.com/search?q=pa+use+tax

Second or third article

http://www.paopen4business.state.pa.us/paofb/cwp/view.asp?a=3&Q=441227


> Is it more or less than PA's State Tax?

It should be the same amount.

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