When do we get our refund for the illegally collected sales taxes due to Voom's failure to register in each state?
Sales tax refund.
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some states do not collect sales tax on sat service. VA doesnt, I believe D* won a lawsuit with NC over it as well. Why do we have to pay for Voom's laziness? The money should be refunded with interest.
It was just a question Vurbano, no need to rant 
. Honestly, you really seem to hate Voom lately. What keeps you here?
. Honestly, you really seem to hate Voom lately. What keeps you here?
You can call the corp. office (i am not going to give the guy's name that I am dealing with because I don't want 10k people calling because I gave his name and number out) and ask for someone that can help you with Rainbow DBS problems and they will connect you to that department. I pay my bill by check and just deduct the amount of the sales tax and write a disclaimer on the check informing them by cashing this check you understand that I am withholding sales tax monies.
They have been collecting sales tax from me since I got the service. When I told them they are not supposed to be collecting sales tax for satellite service, the person I spoke with told me they had every legal right to charge me sales tax.
I spoke with the California Franchise Tax Board and they stated that for SERVICE there is no sales tax, as stipulated in their regulation 1501. I also found that they have no record of Voom/Rainbow DBS registering in the state of California with a reseller's permit, which is required to sell taxable items in the state of California.
Another call to Voom's corporate office yielded the truth - they have not yet applied for the permit in California, but "were planning on having it done in the next month." It took me a couple of hours to get my reseller's permit, but I am in California, so I didn't have to do it via mail. I informed Voom that they are not allowed to tax me for the service, so if they don't refund the money to me, I will report them to the state tax board for collecting taxes illegally and pocketing the money for themselves. I am certain the state of California can exert more pressure on Rainbow DBS than I can.
I spoke with the California Franchise Tax Board and they stated that for SERVICE there is no sales tax, as stipulated in their regulation 1501. I also found that they have no record of Voom/Rainbow DBS registering in the state of California with a reseller's permit, which is required to sell taxable items in the state of California.
Another call to Voom's corporate office yielded the truth - they have not yet applied for the permit in California, but "were planning on having it done in the next month." It took me a couple of hours to get my reseller's permit, but I am in California, so I didn't have to do it via mail. I informed Voom that they are not allowed to tax me for the service, so if they don't refund the money to me, I will report them to the state tax board for collecting taxes illegally and pocketing the money for themselves. I am certain the state of California can exert more pressure on Rainbow DBS than I can.
