Help: US Taxes

Very well written Carol. Gets to the basic issues quickly. There are many
CPA's who spend time fighting the need for their clients to have to collect
sales tax for a state.

Deb
-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Engen [mailto:cengen@...]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 9:11 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes


As far as Sales Tax goes. If you have not established nexxus (met the
states requirements...varies by state), you not only do not have to collect
the tax, but you cannot charge the tax. You must be registered with the
state to collect and then file reports.

If you have established nexxus and are filing within a state does not
automatically mean that you are required to also collect for the city or
counties (varies widely by state).

Each of your customers is required to file Use Tax (for all invoices where
they didn't get charged and should have).

Talk to a tax specialist. If you are going to begin registering with all
the states, you may be looking at an additional hire to handle the quarterly
forms. You might get lucky and get a specialist whose opinion is that you
do not need to or one who suggests a wait and see attitude (wait and see if
you are 'kindly' asked to by the state).



-----Original Message-----
From: Wilmoth, Deb [SMTP:Deb@...]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 8:52 AM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes

Unfortunately not. 99.9% of our product is tax exempt -
manufacturing
process, not end user.

The suggestion was made about contacting the State Dept. of Revenue
which
may help with information on counties. Another is making a request
of your
customers to provide the info. Time consuming up front, but could
be part
of the customer set up process (we have to get tax exempt
certificates as
part of our customer set up process).

Indiana has a 5% sales tax. No county sales taxes that I am aware
of. We
are in central Indiana.

Deb

-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Brumwell [mailto:kbrumwell@...]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 7:02 AM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes


Deb
The URL was a help for the percentages thank you, but I need to
still
ascertain when the local taxes for each County apply to our product.

Any ideas,
Kim





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Hi,

We are a Canadian Manufacturer who immediately requires a break down of the
State and Local taxes for the US. I understand that there are alot of
variables etc. so if anyone has a report (any formatt) or can recommend an
agencgy who can provide this information it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you inadvance for all of your assistance.

Kim Brumwell




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Kim,

You'll have to be a little more specific.
What type of taxes? ( we have taxes for everything here ).

Each state has a Department of Revenue that would be more than happy
to tell you where to send the money. I believe they would also be
able
to help you with any local taxes, special stadium taxes, downtown
development
taxes, county government taxes etc....

You could just send them all your money and ask them to send back
what's left :)
You may feel like that's what your doing anyway!!!!


-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Brumwell [mailto:kbrumwell@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:46 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes


Hi,

We are a Canadian Manufacturer who immediately requires a break down of the
State and Local taxes for the US. I understand that there are alot of
variables etc. so if anyone has a report (any formatt) or can recommend an
agencgy who can provide this information it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you inadvance for all of your assistance.

Kim Brumwell
Kim,

See if this URL will help you out at all.

http://thestc.com/STrates.stm

Rick
Matt
We manufacturer and install sign displays.

Kim

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Finn [mailto:matt@...]
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 8:21 AM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes


Kim,

You'll have to be a little more specific.
What type of taxes? ( we have taxes for everything here ).

Each state has a Department of Revenue that would be more than happy
to tell you where to send the money. I believe they would also be
able
to help you with any local taxes, special stadium taxes, downtown
development
taxes, county government taxes etc....

You could just send them all your money and ask them to send back
what's left :)
You may feel like that's what your doing anyway!!!!


-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Brumwell [mailto:kbrumwell@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:46 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes


Hi,

We are a Canadian Manufacturer who immediately requires a break down of the
State and Local taxes for the US. I understand that there are alot of
variables etc. so if anyone has a report (any formatt) or can recommend an
agencgy who can provide this information it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you inadvance for all of your assistance.

Kim Brumwell


To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please go to:
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Kim, did you find the help you needed? Did the sales tax URL get you the
info you needed or are you still looking for other info?
Deb

-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Brumwell [mailto:kbrumwell@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:46 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes


Hi,

We are a Canadian Manufacturer who immediately requires a break down of the
State and Local taxes for the US. I understand that there are alot of
variables etc. so if anyone has a report (any formatt) or can recommend an
agencgy who can provide this information it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you inadvance for all of your assistance.

Kim Brumwell




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Hi Kim,

We are experiencing the same situation as you relative to sales and use
taxes throughout the U. S. I'll try to keep you up to date as we go
through our methodology of applying taxes to our signage. With the
nexus laws, accountability and traceability of the sales for each state
has become a critical issue. Feel free to call me or email me directly.

Jim

Jim McKechnie
General Manager
Signtech Electrical Advertising, Inc.
jim@...
jrmckechnie@...
(619) 527-6100

-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Brumwell [mailto:kbrumwell@...]
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 8:26 AM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes

Matt
We manufacturer and install sign displays.

Kim

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Finn [mailto:matt@...]
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 8:21 AM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes


Kim,

You'll have to be a little more specific.
What type of taxes? ( we have taxes for everything here ).

Each state has a Department of Revenue that would be more than
happy
to tell you where to send the money. I believe they would also be
able
to help you with any local taxes, special stadium taxes, downtown
development
taxes, county government taxes etc....

You could just send them all your money and ask them to send back
what's left :)
You may feel like that's what your doing anyway!!!!


-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Brumwell [mailto:kbrumwell@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:46 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes


Hi,

We are a Canadian Manufacturer who immediately requires a break down of
the
State and Local taxes for the US. I understand that there are alot of
variables etc. so if anyone has a report (any formatt) or can recommend
an
agencgy who can provide this information it would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanking you inadvance for all of your assistance.

Kim Brumwell


To access the Files Section of our Yahoo!Group for Report Builder and
Crystal Reports and other 'goodies', please go to:
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Deb
The URL was a help for the percentages thank you, but I need to still
ascertain when the local taxes for each County apply to our product.

Any ideas,
Kim

-----Original Message-----
From: Wilmoth, Deb [mailto:Deb@...]
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 6:12 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes


Kim, did you find the help you needed? Did the sales tax URL get you the
info you needed or are you still looking for other info?
Deb

-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Brumwell [mailto:kbrumwell@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 4:46 PM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes


Hi,

We are a Canadian Manufacturer who immediately requires a break down of the
State and Local taxes for the US. I understand that there are alot of
variables etc. so if anyone has a report (any formatt) or can recommend an
agencgy who can provide this information it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanking you inadvance for all of your assistance.

Kim Brumwell




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Unfortunately not. 99.9% of our product is tax exempt - manufacturing
process, not end user.

The suggestion was made about contacting the State Dept. of Revenue which
may help with information on counties. Another is making a request of your
customers to provide the info. Time consuming up front, but could be part
of the customer set up process (we have to get tax exempt certificates as
part of our customer set up process).

Indiana has a 5% sales tax. No county sales taxes that I am aware of. We
are in central Indiana.

Deb

-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Brumwell [mailto:kbrumwell@...]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 7:02 AM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes


Deb
The URL was a help for the percentages thank you, but I need to still
ascertain when the local taxes for each County apply to our product.

Any ideas,
Kim





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
As far as Sales Tax goes. If you have not established nexxus (met the
states requirements...varies by state), you not only do not have to collect
the tax, but you cannot charge the tax. You must be registered with the
state to collect and then file reports.

If you have established nexxus and are filing within a state does not
automatically mean that you are required to also collect for the city or
counties (varies widely by state).

Each of your customers is required to file Use Tax (for all invoices where
they didn't get charged and should have).

Talk to a tax specialist. If you are going to begin registering with all
the states, you may be looking at an additional hire to handle the quarterly
forms. You might get lucky and get a specialist whose opinion is that you
do not need to or one who suggests a wait and see attitude (wait and see if
you are 'kindly' asked to by the state).



-----Original Message-----
From: Wilmoth, Deb [SMTP:Deb@...]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 8:52 AM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes

Unfortunately not. 99.9% of our product is tax exempt -
manufacturing
process, not end user.

The suggestion was made about contacting the State Dept. of Revenue
which
may help with information on counties. Another is making a request
of your
customers to provide the info. Time consuming up front, but could
be part
of the customer set up process (we have to get tax exempt
certificates as
part of our customer set up process).

Indiana has a 5% sales tax. No county sales taxes that I am aware
of. We
are in central Indiana.

Deb

-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Brumwell [mailto:kbrumwell@...]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 7:02 AM
To: 'vantage@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [Vantage] Help: US Taxes


Deb
The URL was a help for the percentages thank you, but I need to
still
ascertain when the local taxes for each County apply to our product.

Any ideas,
Kim





[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


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