Re: Tax Collection for Different Items
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numero = 54336
interpreted = N
texte = >I have a store selling merchandise for a couple of different companies >located in different states. Item 123 is sold by company A in Georgia while >item 456 is sold by company B in Indiana. I need to collect Georgia sales >tax for the first item and Indiana sales tax for the second. > Check with a tax expert, but I think that the sales or use tax is determined by the address of the buyer, not the seller's. In your case, you need to collect sales tax for a buyer in GA only on items sold by the GA company, but not those sold by the IN company. You don't have to collect any sales taxes for a buyer in KS. The old Tea Room example allowed the collection of taxes this way. This is the way I understand today's tax law for mail order/internet sales: If the seller has a physical presence in the buyer's state, the buyer has to pay the sales or use tax at the time of purchase. The collecting/reporting burden is on the seller. E.g., Sears is in every state. If the seller has no physical presence in the buyer's state, the seller does not have to collect the tax at the time of purchase, but the buyer is supposed to report the purchase and pay the appropriate use tax when filing his state income tax forms. The paying/reporting burden is on the buyer. E.g., Mom and Pop's Croquet Shop operated out of their basement. In some places, sales taxes have to be determined by the street address of the buyer. There are a few thousand state, county, city, special tax district, etc. sales/use taxes. The last I read about this, the states were trying to come up with a way to streamline mail order/internet sales tax collections to prevent the necessity of calculating sales taxes based on the precise location of the buyer. Glenn ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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>I have a store selling merchandise for a couple of different companies >located in different states. Item 123 is sold by company A in Georgia while >item 456 is sold by company B in Indiana. I need to collect Georgia sales >tax for the first item and Indiana sales tax for the second. > Check with a tax expert, but I think that the sales or use tax is determined by the address of the buyer, not the seller's. In your case, you need to collect sales tax for a buyer in GA only on items sold by the GA company, but not those sold by the IN company. You don't have to collect any sales taxes for a buyer in KS. The old Tea Room example allowed the collection of taxes this way. This is the way I understand today's tax law for mail order/internet sales: If the seller has a physical presence in the buyer's state, the buyer has to pay the sales or use tax at the time of purchase. The collecting/reporting burden is on the seller. E.g., Sears is in every state. If the seller has no physical presence in the buyer's state, the seller does not have to collect the tax at the time of purchase, but the buyer is supposed to report the purchase and pay the appropriate use tax when filing his state income tax forms. The paying/reporting burden is on the buyer. E.g., Mom and Pop's Croquet Shop operated out of their basement. In some places, sales taxes have to be determined by the street address of the buyer. There are a few thousand state, county, city, special tax district, etc. sales/use taxes. The last I read about this, the states were trying to come up with a way to streamline mail order/internet sales tax collections to prevent the necessity of calculating sales taxes based on the precise location of the buyer. Glenn ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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