Curt Brimacomb wrote...

> I was talking to one of the guys here in the office, and he told me that
it
> was decided that we were not going to setup a booth at HPWorld this year
> because it is in California.  The reason was that if we setup a booth for
> the show in San Diego, the state of California will tax our total sales
for
> the year.  Just for having a "presence" there during the year.
>
> This sounds really dumb to me.  How could they do that?  Can someone reply
> back to my on this.

In checking tax laws here with my accountant - he's never heard of such a
thing - but again, this is California we're talking about, so who knows.
The presence of a booth at a trade show floor does not mean you have a
presence there, because you are domiciled elsewhere.

Again - this comes from my accountant, and we ARE talking about California,
which has come up with some weird things in the past, so who knows.  I would
check with your CPA and/or tax attorney for the skinny on this.

(And let us know - because there are other vendors here who would really
love to know this too :-)

Joe