In an ongoing search for state revenue under every rock and crackpot idea. Some now believe that they can tax cloud computing services, no matter where they’re located?
Utah is the first to try this approach, so others are likely to follow. A recent tax code change expanded the Utah’s definition of tangible personal property to include prewritten computer software, regardless of how the software is transferred. It no longer defined to be purchased as a CD or downloaded from the Web to be taxable.
I expect them to start charging for the air we breathe since they have been selling air waves for decades. Remember it is theft to appropriate anything transmitted over your property, since you don’t really own the property. The government just lets you use it as long as you pay them regularly.