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In the past few weeks, we are very lucky to cooperate with Taxjar’s people to hold a network seminar on the sales tax of the owner. At least it can be said that even for us who have experience in managing e -commerce stores, this is also an eye -opening experience. Who knows that taxation will be so complicated?
We have been paying attention to the most common problems about sales taxes, and now we summarize them to one place.
This article will allow you to quickly understand what you should understand about state sales tax, as well as resource links you can learn more.
If you just start taxing at the online store, or have some questions about your situation, please continue to read to answer all your urgent questions -and the online seminar slide for free.
In short Why does it exist and how it operates If you sell goods in the United States or to the United States, you may want to know why there is a sales tax first. No, the answer is not \”pain\”.
45 of the 50 states (and Columbia Special Administrative Region) were levied for sales tax. Each state will usually be collected from the taxes of government employees’ wages, police and fire departments, as well as roads and public resources.
The state that personally levied the sales tax is the same as the state that requires you to levy the sales tax online … usually.
You may be used to buying an additional beauty for each purchase and payment, butSales tax First depending on whether
whether your state has a sales tax
(see above). Therefore, if you are located in Florida and you sell products to customers in Florida, you will collect taxes. If you are in Alaska and you sell to Alaska customers, you won’t.
However, if you work in Alaska and then sell products from someone in Florida, what do you do? Well, this is where things become more complicated, and the relationship has begun to play a role. What exactly is \”connection\”?
Nexus is basically a strange way to refer to
State you have \”important existence\” or your business operates in some way
.
Nexus will have a significant impact on the sales tax you collection online. As Mark explained in his Wooocommerce sales tax introduction, If you have contact in a certain state, you must levy sales tax for the state .
Therefore, if your headquarters is located in Alaska and sells it to someone in Florida, then if you are in contact, you only need to collect sales taxes from customers in Florida. If you don’t do this, you can go home freely. When you have a relationship, when you do not
, it is difficult to find out when the tax collection is levied. But you must also realize that you are connected anywhere -and may be more than you think.
By default, you have contact in the state where the business is located. However, you may also be in contact with the following states :
There are employees
There is a warehouse
- There is a supplier with a substitution relationship
- Occasionally participating in the trade exhibition
- The definition of the definition relationship in each state has different definitions
. You can view the list here to understand which related activities are not regarded as your state.
This is an example of California.
How to find the correct tax rate to charge customersAs we discussed in this article,
determining the correct rate of charge may be tricky, because the sales tax is managed at the level of various states.
This means not only the tax rate, but also the tax rules and regulations are different from the state.
Tax rates, rules and regulations vary from the state -if you are sold nationwide, you may need to set up a lot of settings.
The best way to find the right charging rate is
Based on destinations, other states are based on the place of origin
.
A useful map shows which states are required to collect taxes and fees based on destinations.
If you are fortunate to live in one of the states without sales tax, then these are unrelated to you
. However, if you work or have contact in these other states, this is another factor you must consider.
Taxjar has more useful information to classify destination tax and origin tax -including the content and time of charges -here. If you transport it from another country to the United States, how to deal with taxes Since we have started these posts about state sales tax, we have been hearing a common problem (for you for you Everyone’s question is cheered!) It is how many of these information are suitable for non -American sellers.
- There are two things you should know:
- only need to collect US sales tax only when you are related to one of the states
If you are located in Outside the United States,
If you have any questions about selling products from your country/region, [[ 123] The absolute best thing you can do
is a tax professionals who have a license
This is a great question and answer, which contains more information about international sellers in the relationship between international sellers and what should not be done, and you may find useful follow -up articles.
If you do not deal with the United States at all, you just want to know more about your country/region’s tax
, we are happy to hear more about your location and and The information you want to know-this may help us understand our next oneArticle (or online seminar!).
How to tax products (ie, digital products) without delivery
You may want to know how to deal with taxes of products that do not actual travel, especially digital or online online or online Booking.
Each state’s taxation method of digital products is different . Many states now ask you to tax digital commodities, but there may be some differences. For example, if you \”rent\” digital projects (such as movies or expired ), no taxes may be paid. But permanent digital purchase will always be taxed.
Taxjar’s current suggestion is that although the states are figured out how to deal with this problem, must be the policy of the state nuclear of each state that is connected with you . You can find a list of states containing information containing the tax bureau here.
Taxation: When and how to report taxes
In addition to the different tax rates, regulations and standards formulated by each state, there are different preferences for when and how long to return taxes. (It is numbered, right?)
Please verify the state that is connected to you to determine how long you should submit a application . Some states will allow you to submit it once a month, but other states will ask you to submit it quarterly or every year.
Unhappy archives every month? You can always ask for changing your archival frequency . Call the tax authorities in the state where you are located and ask if this is possible -unless you tried, you will never know!
For the application process, a simple Google search should appear online sales of each state Tax report form. Alternatively, if you are using expansion procedures such as TaxJar, you will handle the application process for you.
If your relationship changes, your application should also change
One thing to remember is that any change in
will also affect you Application status . This may mean that if you no longer have employees there, you will delete a state, or if you build a direct sales relationship there, add a new state.
When you establish a contact in a state, you should apply for appropriate tax permits. This will make you clear at a glance (about the detailed information about how this causes trouble, see belowTo.
On the other hand, when you lose
in a certain state , you should check with the state to determine when to stop applying . Some states have \”follow -up relationships\”, which means that you will not really lose your relationship until your actual existence is removed for a few weeks or even a few months. All of this depends on their rules.
At the beginning of this year, it was re -inspected your association and applied for any additional permission you might need opportunity. The following is a way you can conduct annual tax inspections for your own annual tax inspection for only five steps.
What do you need to avoid tax issues (or audit)
When you realize that you are in contact -or even
Before
you charge a penalty tax– The first thing you should do is
Register . The following is a way to do this in your state. One thing that the state is definitely not in favor is to levy sales tax without a license. Although you may have the best intention, technically, this is an additional income that you receive.
Another method of avoiding trouble is
Pay close attention to the effectiveness of your tax license
. They do expire, and once again, tax levy without a valid license will cause you trouble. You also need
to ensure that any license that is no longer needed and stop taxes after your relationship is over after any state.
Finally, as Mark mentioned at yesterday’s online seminar, when submitting the file, The biggest effort is better than not working hard. Paying $ 96 is much better than $ 5 than $ 100. As long as you do your best and do things step by step, you may never have to worry about review. Avoid sales tax issues with the help of taxjar professionals
All these tax conversations are enough to make you dizzy.
However, whether you choose to do all of this or help the trustworthy partners, there are a lot of resources to help you open a store, tax collection and archiving
.
If you are using Woocommerce, TAXJAR expansion can eliminate or even Consider the needs of the sales tax. TAXJAR can not only automatically execute the process of charging the correct tax rate, but also track the content you collected so that you can submit the tax reporting form to each state quickly and accuratelyEssence
Quickly set the expansion behind -the -scenes tidbits.
Do not use woocommerce? Don’t worry: Taxjar’s blog is full of useful information and solutions. No matter which platform they use, the store owner wants to know their tax status.
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