California to tax software downloads

Discussion in 'Software News' started by Balisani, Jun 27, 2026 at 5:04 AM.

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    California could tax software and SaaS in 2027

    I don't know if our EU, AU/NZ, UK, CN, KR, JP and IN friends in the forum here would also be (or already are) affected by taxes on digital software downloads (excludes music, films, books, etc), but here we go.

    In fairness, this appears to be a mix of an update to the tax law (I remember paying sales tax when I would go buy boxed software products, from Logic Pro to drum and piano sample libraries, CD-ROMs, etc.), there's no reason why those same products should be tax exempt when delivered digitally.

    In fact, though I've not bought any new plugins in years now, I seem to remember my last purchases did already include CA sales tax.

    Anyway - let us know if you guys overseas, or out of state, are affected by online sales taxes - or not - and/or if you found a way to circumvent it (currently, they go by the zip/postal code of your CC billing address).
     
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