In most states, a late fee is not a "sale," and therefore should not be charged sales tax.
Sales Tax is a tax charged on Sale of any item whereas VAT is value added tax charged on both sale & purchase.
Sales tax is charged on parts, etc. not labor.
Your taxable sales only-those from in state buyers who you charged sales tax. (If you do.)
The percent of the sales tax was 4.5%
You should be charged the sales tax from the state you live in. I know that if you live in NH and you buy a car in another state you aren't charged any tax because NH doesn't have tax.
Most of the time labor must be itemized separately for you not to be charged sales tax. In cases like where a contractor puts a new roof on a home for $8,000 then sales tax must be charged for the whole amount. If the invoice lists the bill of $4500 for materials and $3500 for labor to put on new shingles then sales tax would only be charged for the material and not for the labor. This is pretty much the law in just about every state.
There is a federal excise tax and a state sales tax.
No, they do not add sales tax when you ship something via FedEx.
In my state there is no sales tax on a home sale.
Your taxable sales only-those from in state buyers who you charged sales tax. (If you do.)
Remeber that sales tax is a state by state tax so rules vary. Most states will require the same sales tax charged by nonprofits that is charged by for profits. Otherwise, the competition is not fair.