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| mytymaus007:
All i can say is thank god for MAME! |
| Kevin Mullins:
--- Quote from: Dr Zero on July 24, 2010, 07:11:42 am ---My wife even said that is messed up she said most of us have the games for the love of the games not to get rich. --- End quote --- --- Quote from: mytymaus007 on July 24, 2010, 08:29:28 am ---All i can say is thank god for MAME! --- End quote --- This stuff doesn't affect anything home use. ;) But it does royally screw those over who have machines out on location/route and those few places that have groups of machines like at family fun centers and such. The state doesn't understand that these machine aren't bringing in much revenue to begin with for the operators, so now the cost effectiveness to keep operating them has just diminished greatly by adding extra cost. (basically the revenue brought in per machine most likely will not even pay for the tax sticker) And just so people understand what these tax stickers are - They are in lieu of paying a specific tax rate per dollar earned, they are just to pay a flat rate per machine annually. (instead of having to calculate X% x Xdollars earned = tax to pay) There's no way the state can verify how much a particular machine earned throughout the year, so they incorporated these "tax stickers" instead. (otherwise it would be up to the honesty of the operators to verify money earned.....figure the odds of that happening) Also there are different prices for different types of machine, so only certain "types" are increasing and being impacted by the new laws. (this is the basic jist of it anyways) But knowing how about how much these machines actually earn on average......it ain't going to work out with the increase in cost of the stickers, for neither the operators nor the state. |
| eds1275:
When an animal becomes endangered, people go to great lengths to see that it is safe from any dangers it has that could possibly drive it into extinction. |
| drventure:
Wow, so a 25c game would have to be played at least 13 times a week just to cover the sticker costs. Is that right? 150$ a year, divided by .25, divided by 12, divided by 4. Does seem a bit "optimistic" of lawmakers, doesn't it. :angry: I wonder how many route games get close to that kind of traffic. |
| methodical:
Get tokens for your machines... charge 20 cents a token. No more need for stickers. Screw the state right back. |
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