...... but if you ship out of Washington state, whether to Florida, Oregon
or elsewhere, do you have to collect tax for the tax man at the point of
destination and then remit the tax to each jurisdiction in question?
jh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Couch" <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 5:47 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: paypal
> And risk a knock on the door from the authorities for tax fraud!
>
> Unfortunately this is a fact of life for businesses that no one really
> talks about - life as an unpaid tax collector. We have to do the same
> thing here in Washington state if you run any kind of mail order
> business, the sales tax is based on where the item is shipped to, not
> where the business is located. My POS system takes care of all the
> bookwork which is nice, but at an added $50.00 a quarter for updates.
>
> Jim Couch
>
> Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>> John,
>> My advice would be to charge the rate of the highest county, pay each
>> county their due, and pocket the difference.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 8:19 AM, John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> It's annoying, if a customer in Manhattan ships a repair to me, the rate
>>> is 8.375%, in Oneida County, its 9.5%, Franklin Co. 7.5%, Warren Co.,
>>> 7%. Shipping back to them, I'm supposed to collect sales tax at their
>>> rate.
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>>> John Hudson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Every county within the state of NY has its own rate of state sales tax
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> Has any county a 0% rate ? That would be the place to go .
>>>>
>>>> jh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 1:27 PM
>>>> Subject: [OM] Re: paypal
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I've taken the plunge and added paypal to my site. One plus is
>>>>> getting
>>>>> a functional shopping cart. Confusing part is trying to collect New
>>>>> York state sales tax as every county has their own rate. So far, just
>>>>> doing a flat rate. I'm also not sure yet of my shipping charges.
>>>>> Repairs can be paid by paypal after estimating.
>>>>> ___________________________________
>>>>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>>>>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>>>>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>>>>> omtech1 AT verizon.net
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>>>>>
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