Will states collect more “use” tax to cover budget shorfalls?
bcnu asked: A great number of people are unaware that they owe home-state sales taxes on goods purchased on vacation, by mail, internet, phone orders or otherwise purchased out of state, once they bring the merchandise home. This could add up to millions of dollars of unpaid “use” taxes that the state treasurers could [...]
Income tax deductions for direct sales?
Kim asked: I am starting a direct sales (gourmet food sold in a home-party atmosphere as well as internet re-sales). What are some things that I should keep track of to write off at tax time?
How does everyone feel about the taxes on e-commerce/internet purchases?
kyrissanean asked: With the additional states choosing to tax internet sales, are more people going to choose to stop making internet purchases and instead choose to go to the regular brick & mortar stores? (ex. Shopping on Barnes & Noble’s or Borders’ web sites vs. going to their actual stores)
How do consumers feel about this [...]
How to determine if a company is forwarding their sales tax?
Brad asked:
I purchased a fairly expensive piece of equipment from a company over the Internet that in the description of the item claimed sales tax would have to be paid in several states including mine. I was fine with this except for in the end, they charged the wrong tax amount (3% more than my [...]
I’m trying to figure out what kind of sales tax I have to charge on my internet business selling art from TX?
Laura G asked: If anybody has any insight or can help me find a place to start looking for the answer I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!
What can I write off tax-wise by working remotely from my home office?
Emily B asked: I started a new job May 1st where I work from my home office. I’m a Sales Director and my corp office is in Phoenix. My company already pays for my landline phone and high speed internet service. I am being told that I can write off part of my mortgage as [...]
Use tax, what’s the deal?
gurlygurl20000 asked: Okay I asked a question earlier about having to pay use tax on International purchases on the internet, and one person did answer saying that, it’s a personal asset tax where you get to decide how much of the sales tax you want to pay, etc, and lastly said that very, very, very [...]
What is the difference between an EIN and a Resale Tax ID?
Susan S asked: I want to open a web store and applied at the IRS website for an EIN. Is this all I will need? Is the EIN the same as the RTI? I live in Texas but my sales will be internet only.
should I be getting charged sales tax or charging it?
dmac_electric asked: Hello I run a business over the internet.I have a partner who does all my ordering.He is here in Michigan as well.I get orders over the web, from other states. He orders the stuff (Lighted Palm trees)and I send the stuff out of state to my clients.Should I be getting charged sales [...]
Are you supposed to pay sales tax for buying stuff off ebay?
Caiterz asked: My dad got his taxes done yesterday and one of the questions they asked him was “Did you buy anything off the internet that you need to report sales tax on?”
Personally /I/ buy things off of the internet.. Not my dad. I Do NOT sell.. Or Buy off to resell. I buy things [...]