The Captains Wench Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 I'm trying to finalize my online business which I'm running through a small business manager website. One of the final steps in getting this off the ground is to add the sales tax information and they require the tax code. I thought this would be easy enough to find on the internet but I'm having no luck. Does anyone know where I can find the sales tax codes for NJ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 I'm trying to finalize my online business which I'm running through a small business manager website. One of the final steps in getting this off the ground is to add the sales tax information and they require the tax code. I thought this would be easy enough to find on the internet but I'm having no luck. Does anyone know where I can find the sales tax codes for NJ? ? what exactly are you looking for? you should just have to plug the Sales Tax % which i think is 6% at least it used to be....i use Yahoo store for my store and all i did was plug in the VA tax and it takes care of the rest...you do know that it should charge sales tax to non NJ addresses....unless you have a presence in that persons state Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captains Wench Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 ? what exactly are you looking for? you should just have to plug the Sales Tax % which i think is 6% at least it used to be....i use Yahoo store for my store and all i did was plug in the VA tax and it takes care of the rest...you do know that it should charge sales tax to non NJ addresses....unless you have a presence in that persons state I signed up with ProStores and I've been regretting it ever since. The process has been excrutiating, but now I've invested my time and money in it and I wanted to give it one last try. This issue may be the straw. Anyway - it is asking for a default tax location and insists on having a code. As far as other states go - my accountant told me that since it is an online business and I am selling only clothing, I wouldn't have to worry about sales tax. I'm only plugging it into the site because it is asking me for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 (edited) Eeesh. The New Jersey "sales tax" is a hodge podge of many secitons of Title 54 of the New Jersey state statutes. If you've got a more specific request, I might be able to help. But it's not like we're talking about a single law that I can provide you a link to. Edited June 14, 2006 by yo mama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Figuring out Colorado sales tax was a dog. There's a state tax... then there are county taxes... then there are city taxes. THEN there is a "metro area" tax that includes RTD, sports stadiums, and some arts thing, and it covers any town in the metro area with some exceptions. So... if I am in Broomfield, but selling in Thornton... I need to add up and charge state and metro tax, but not city or county tax. The whole thing requires a map and a calculator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yo mama Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 The whole thing requires a map and a calculator. Or a tax . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FWmaker Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Wench: It may be as simple as using a default code of YOUR choosing. Such as an abbreviation of the NY county you're in. That way, when a sale is invoiced it'll use your home tax rate (state + county) as the default and you'd only have to enter in a different tax code for out of county sales. In your case, if you're doing online sales, most of your online customers wouldn't be charged sales tax since you don't have "nexus" in the state where your customers are. Loosely put, "nexus" is presence in a state (usually by either having employees there or property such as inventory). Accordingly, your default code maybe should be "notax" or similar, with a rate of 0.00% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogohawk Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Wench: It may be as simple as using a default code of YOUR choosing. Such as an abbreviation of the NY county you're in. That way, when a sale is invoiced it'll use your home tax rate (state + county) as the default and you'd only have to enter in a different tax code for out of county sales. In your case, if you're doing online sales, most of your online customers wouldn't be charged sales tax since you don't have "nexus" in the state where your customers are. Loosely put, "nexus" is presence in a state (usually by either having employees there or property such as inventory). Accordingly, your default code maybe should be "notax" or similar, with a rate of 0.00% Spoken like a fine accountant. Some software I use actually uses a number for the state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Captains Wench Posted June 14, 2006 Author Share Posted June 14, 2006 Wench: It may be as simple as using a default code of YOUR choosing. Such as an abbreviation of the NY county you're in. That way, when a sale is invoiced it'll use your home tax rate (state + county) as the default and you'd only have to enter in a different tax code for out of county sales. In your case, if you're doing online sales, most of your online customers wouldn't be charged sales tax since you don't have "nexus" in the state where your customers are. Loosely put, "nexus" is presence in a state (usually by either having employees there or property such as inventory). Accordingly, your default code maybe should be "notax" or similar, with a rate of 0.00% This sounds like a good answer to me. I'll see if it works. Thanks everyone for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Cid Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 Have you checked that this ProStores doesn't have some table with a listing of codes that it expects for each state? Something that is unique to ProStores and not publicly available on the Internet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursa Majoris Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 and some arts thing, You mean the Denver Art Museum, the battleship on land? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 You mean the Denver Art Museum, the battleship on land? Could be. It's the Scientific and Cultural Facilities tax district. I assume that means Coors Brewery. It's science AND culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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