Amen! However, that flat out of state tax will take awhile... after all government is involved in it.... Until then, we in Washington have the small advantage of being frogs in a kettle and have learned to deal with it. I would imagine it is much more of a shock to outside Vendors.
At the same time, I hope it is a good venture for those coming our way!
Roger
--- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com, "G. Armour Van Horn" <vanhorn@...> wrote:
>
> And, it's illegal here to include the sales tax in the price. (Sound
> theory, thorny execution.) I don't think they will be maintaining the
> whole system for too long, though. One of the arguments against national
> sales tax collection is the complexity required for out-of-state vendors
> selling to Washington residents. The state wants to collect tax on all
> the hardware I buy from NewEgg or B&H, so they are probably going to put
> together a flat state-wide rate available for use by out-of-state vendors.
>
> Personally, I hope this is a long time in coming, because right now I
> can buy a lot of stuff out of state and not pay use tax on it. When all
> the sales-tax states get it together to convince congress to require
> out-of-state vendors to collect the tax, I'll have to pay. But the
> bright side of that is that visiting vendors are probably going to have
> a much less complex system to deal with.
>
> Van
>
> On 29/07/2010 18:32, Roger wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Alas, Washington is a nightmare for collecting taxes. You are required
> > to charge the tax rate of the municipality and/or county that you are
> > selling in. it is a nightmare. So I keep records of every show and
> > every municipality and treat each separately. It is truly a
> > frustrating system. Wish I had better news, but there it is.
> >
> > Best,
> > Roger
> >
> > --- In artshow_photo@yahoogroups.com
> > <mailto:artshow_photo%40yahoogroups.com>, "bernie3cards" <bjdiii@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > NO SALES TAX!!! You should come visit!
> > >
> > > Re: Cory's recent comment on a different thread:
> > >
> > > "As far as sales tax. Far be it from me to claim to be an expert,
> > but if I post that sales tax is included AND I faithfully pay the
> > appropriate sales tax on my gross sales then I SHOULD be OK. Where you
> > run into problems is when you fudge and don't report all your sales.
> > In California I have to fill out a sales tax form at the end of the
> > year. I list my sales for each city/county and pay the appropriate tax
> > rate for the gross sales. Seems to work well."
> > >
> > > That sounds kinda scary complicated and time consuming to someone
> > who has only sold things in Oregon. However, not to be deterred, since
> > Washington State is close and I plan to grow the business, what sales
> > tax tracking methods might you folks suggest I start looking at?
> > >
> > > Thanks for any suggestions.
> > >
> > > Bernie
> > >
> >
> >
>
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