Normally, you only pay sales tax on the retail price of an item as calculated after most discounts (but not all) have been applied. In many states, this is calculated before shipping and sometimes labor charges are added to the invoice.
There are a few rare cases where sales tax could be applied on top of another tax similar to a sales tax, such as with the excise tax in Hawaii or the GST tax in VAT tax being applied after the GST tax in Quebec and Prince Edward Island, Canada.
I suppose other instances of sales tax on top of sales tax could happen if you, for instance, purchased a car stereo, paid sales tax on it, and then paid a taxable labor charge that was based on the price of the stereo to have it installed. This scenario is not common however.
Is there a sales tax on a service such as alterations on clothing? If any, what type of tax do you pay to the gov't?
You will pay Indiana sales tax (7%).
Typically sales tax is paid at the point of sale, hence the name. But depending on the state there are exceptions. If you buy goods from outside the state, and do not pay sales tax (internet sales!), you need to remit sales tax to your state. Most of the state income tax forms have a method provided for paying sales tax along with the state income tax.
You pay sales tax on the actual amount you pay for the item, not some infalted price the store says they are discounting from.
yes you have to pay sales tax if you OWN the cleaning service, but if you are a customer of a cleaning service then its the responsibility of the service to pay it!
How much sales tax do you pay on a used $22,000 vehicle? How much sales tax do you pay on a used $22,000 vehicle?
You normally do not pay sales tax on a service.
gross sales tax is the tax you pay on total receipts/sales. basically you can't deduct any expenses before you pay the tax.
Yes, you do have to pay sales tax - it's like purchasing a second hand car. You still pay sales tax
No, you do not pay sales tax on labor. Sales tax is for materials.
You will pay sales tax where you register the vehicle. Last time I checked Florida has sales tax...
You dont pay sales tax to the person you are buying it from, you will pay that at the dmv when you get the title for it.
No one pays sales tax in Oregon.
Normally you pay the sales tax in the state you reside in. If you live in Georgia you would not pay sales tax in Indiana, you would pay sales taxes when you registered the car in Georgia.
Sales tax is based on where you live. so you pay the sales tax of Indiana, which I believe is 7%
Yes, in many states, such as Minnesota, you have to pay sales tax on the delivery if you're paying sales tax on the item.
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