Texas and Taxes: Is a Server a Business Presence? 103
1sockchuck writes "Does having a server in a data center give you an official business presence in the state where the data center is located – invoking the requirement to collect state taxes? Not in Texas anymore, thanks to a new bill, which clarified a ruling that would have required hosting companies leasing servers in Texas to collect state sales tax from their customers. That's a big deal, since Texas is home to many of the industry's largest hosting companies — including Rackspace and SoftLayer, who have comments on the issue."
Owning? Yes. Leasing? No. (Score:5, Insightful)
If I can move my business out of the state using the dd(1) command, I don't have a presence there.