[Wactclc-alma] Tax for Ex Libris?

[Elena Bianco]

One more thing to add: I understand from Mindy that we get two separate bills from Ex Libris. It sounds like Primo is not taxed. Not sure about Alma. I'm looping her into this conversation in case she has any additional thoughts...


Elena Bianco, Systems & Technical Services Librarian
Skagit Valley College
2405 E. College Way
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
(360)416-7624

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Elena,

Just to be clear, SVC is *not* currently paying tax on its Primo invoice.

Is that correct?


Wade Guidry
WACTCLC
Library Consortium Services Manager
wade at bigbend.edu<mailto:wade at bigbend.edu>
http://www.wactclc.org

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Subject: [Wactclc-alma] FW: Tax for Ex Libris?

FYI, from our discussion at the meeting today. See below for Mindy's back taxes story from 2004. That was before my time at Skagit. She says that our business office now does NOT take out tax on ExLibris, and treats it similarly to our other databases.

That, to me, makes sense, because of the existence of the PCI and the fact that we do have access to full-text articles through the Discovery layer that we never would have had with Millennium. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that seems to be the substantial difference. It goes beyond being just a piece of software through which we manage and display the library collection the way Millennium was, and in some ways, acts more like a database because it provides actual content to our users that they otherwise wouldn't have collected in one place.

Elena Bianco, Systems & Technical Services Librarian
Skagit Valley College
2405 E. College Way
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
(360)416-7624

From: Mindy Coslor <Mindy.Coslor at skagit.edu<mailto:Mindy.Coslor at skagit.edu>>
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 11:13 AM
To: Elena Bianco <Elena.Bianco at skagit.edu<mailto:Elena.Bianco at skagit.edu>>
Subject: RE: Tax for Ex Libris?

I told everyone our story about having to pay ten years' worth of sales tax on Millennium.  The state did an audit and determined that we hadn't been paying sales tax since we adopted III in 1994.  So about 2004, we had to pay the back taxes.  Our Business Office took care of it and it came out of one time monies (reserves), not the library budget.  However, I was careful after that to pay the sales tax.  There seems to be a difference of opinion about Ex Libris so mine was a cautionary tale.

Mindy Coslor, PhD
Director of Library Services
Skagit Valley College
2405 E College Way
Mount Vernon, WA  98273

360.416.7761


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