Comment How far can this go? (Score 1) 312
A) If I were to wright a piece of software for my own use, at my company, but not distrubute it to anyone outside said company, can it be taxed?
B) If they tax the 'right-to-use' software... Well, technically, everyone has the right to use a free software, that's what makes it free. So, can I be taxed on software that I don't use?
C) If they can tax computer software, does software for gaming consoles come next? (If this was, as was commented, an attempt at getting support from the non-tech community, would they do the same thing with the non-gaming community?)
D) For software that has both client and server parts, will companies be charged for the use of both the client, and the server it connects to, or just the client?
This opens too many doors for my taste.
B) If they tax the 'right-to-use' software... Well, technically, everyone has the right to use a free software, that's what makes it free. So, can I be taxed on software that I don't use?
C) If they can tax computer software, does software for gaming consoles come next? (If this was, as was commented, an attempt at getting support from the non-tech community, would they do the same thing with the non-gaming community?)
D) For software that has both client and server parts, will companies be charged for the use of both the client, and the server it connects to, or just the client?
This opens too many doors for my taste.
