Tends to happen when you take a confrontational attitude like this:
In response to correct information, instead of listening. When you do that, it indicates you’re stubborn and not interested in listening to anything, so people respond in kind. Granted they’re not supposed to, and none of us are guiltless, but it’s easier to stay civil if you remain so as well.
And clog up the queue. Please don’t, wait times don’t need to be extended arbitrarily. Blizzard hasn’t any control over taxes, and while you’re certainly welcome to seek clarification from other members, the “it’s Blizzard’s fault” approach is erroneous and, as you saw, only going to put a bad taste in peoples’ mouths.
I’d be annoyed too. But then again, I never use Character Services, it’s all a waste of money, in my opinion.
Just today, I saw someone on my realm I see regularly, who is “twinking” at level 39 (which I think is ridiculous, by the way), and I noticed they paid for a race change. Really? 39 levels, couldn’t just level up again in a couple hours tops…
I’ve marked Myrandriel’s reply as the answer to this thread because it is correct. Sorry for any confusion Tovi but your state is one that requires these services be taxed.
Can blizzard list the states they are collecting for please? I noticed the tax charge on my subscription too and the state I am in, Ohio, is not one of the 25 states that is requiring this. Is blizzard blanket collecting online tax for all states? Why is the blue post on this so vague. Call out the states you are collecting for please!
I am sorry you are wrong. This is not yet being enforced in Ohio.
States with online sales tax laws
State
Sales tax collection start date
Minimum sales thresholds
Rhode Island*
Aug.17, 2017
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Hawaii
Dec. 1, 2017
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Washington*
Jan. 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Idaho
July 1, 2018
$10,000
Maine
July 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Oklahoma
July 1, 2018
$10,000
Vermont
July 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Mississippi
Sept. 1, 2018
$250,000
Alabama
Oct. 1, 2018
$250,000
Illinois
Oct. 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Indiana
Oct. 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Kentucky
Oct. 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Maryland
Oct. 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Massachusetts
Oct. 1, 2018
$500,000 or 100 transactions
Michigan
Oct. 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Minnesota
Oct. 1, 2018
10 retail transaction totaling $100,000 or 100 retail transaction
North Dakota
Oct. 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Wisconsin
Oct. 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
New Jersey
Nov. 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
North Carolina
Nov. 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
South Carolina
Nov. 1, 2018
$100,000
South Dakota
Nov. 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Colorado**
Dec. 1, 2018
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Connecticut
Dec. 1, 2018
$250,000 or 200 transactions
Arkansas
Jan. 1, 2019
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Georgia*
Jan. 1, 2019
$250,000 or 200 transactions
Iowa
Jan. 1, 2019
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Louisiana
Jan. 1, 2019
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Nebraska
Jan. 1, 2019
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Utah
Jan. 1, 2019
$100,000 or 200 transactions
West Virginia
Jan. 1, 2019
$100,000 or 200 transactions
California
April 1, 2019
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Tennessee***
Pending further legislation
$500,000
District of Columbia
Proposed
$100,000 or 200 transactions
Nevada
Proposed
$100,000 or 200 transactions
*Rhode Island, Washington and Georgia allow retailers to include a statement telling customers to submit sales tax in lieu of collecting the tax; those retailers must send Georgia customers with more than $500 in purchases a tax statement each year; in Washington, retailers with more than $100,000 in sales to the state must collect tax
**Colorado has a grace period that will run through May 31, 2019
***Tennessee signed an online tax legislation into law, then passed another law prohibiting enforcement of the passed law
From the blue post linked to the marked answer:
Which U.S. states require Blizzard to collect tax?
Most states now require us to collect taxes on certain types of products. The eligible products vary from state to state but can include games, value-added services, World of Warcraft subscriptions, and microtransactions.
“most states”. Mine is not one of them yet suddenly there is a tax charge. So my question still stands, can blizzard list which they are collecting for (and passing on to the states obviously) or is blizzard just blanket collecting for everyone and hoping the few states that do not have these laws on the books and still require use tax submissions on state tax returns simple do not realize?
As far as I’m understanding, it was when the law was passed. It is now currently in litigation to have the law dismissed in that state (as well as MA and SD), but until it is, they need to collect on the current law.
I don’t think you understand… Blizzard has a legal team the size of most small countries. They know what they are doing. If they are charging you sales tax it is because the law said so. This isn’t something that a GM would be able to explain or go into detail about, it is way above their pay grade. More then likely what you are seeing is the effect of the SCOTUS case South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.… This case rewrote what it means to have a nexus in a state, which is what is used to determine if taxes need to be collected. Blizzard would fall under the following part of the new law to determine that they have a click through nexus in Ohio:
“Any seller which does not have a physical presence in this state shall remit sales or use tax, if the seller meets either: 1. Gross sales from the sale of taxable items delivered in this state exceed $100,000; or 2. The seller sold taxable items for delivery in this state in 200 or more separate transactions”
Ohio has had a click through nexus tax law since 2015. The SCOTUS case simply changed Blizzard to a click through nexus.
Have you moved to Ohio from another state since you first created your account? If so, did you update your account information to reflect your new address? If you did move but did not update your account info, does the state you moved from collect online sales tax?