[freeside] Re: Promotional Package

[Ivan Kohler]

On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 04:52:18PM -0700, Mark Wells wrote:
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> On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Ivan Kohler wrote:
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> > On Wed, Jul 07, 1999 at 12:32:30AM -0700, mark at ns2.pc-intouch.com wrote:
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> > > I'd think you'd use something like a -14.95 activation fee, so that the
> > > charge for activation pays the bill for the first month.  Twisted and
> > > non-intuitive, but it works.
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> > In an ideal laissez-faire economy, where the man^H^H^Hgovernment doesn't
> > take half of your money, sure. 
> > 
> > In the real world, your accountant will be upset (well, he probably won't
> > care that you're throwing away your money, but...) 
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> I don't see how this is a tax problem.  If you add up the charges on all
> the bills, you get what you actually charged the customer.  If you add up
> all the payments, you get what the customer actually paid.  You'll still
> get accurate results.

That's why you're a geek, not an accountant.  It doesn't work like that. 
It doesn't have to make sense, we're talking tax law here. 

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