Kevin Tarr wrote:
>
> At 10:45 PM 3/4/2004, you wrote:
>
> >Kevin Tarr wrote:
> >
> > > The debate here is to lower the sales tax from 6 to 4%, but tax everything.
> > > Currently uncooked food and clothes are exempt. The hue and cry of course
> > > is that this will unfairly target the poor. But most studies show that
> > > overall the consumer will see lower taxes and with a single tax structure
> > > retailers could collect taxes easier.
> >
> >What about dealing with people who are tax-exempt? That was more of a
> >pain than dealing with non-taxable items when I was having to figure out
> >how much sales tax we owed each month when I did that for the company I
> >worked for.
> >
> > Julia
>
> What about them? If my register already has a button for non-taxable items,
> it should be able to handle a whole order that is non-taxed; basically a
> wholesale or B to B order.
>
> How is a person non-exempt?
You mean tax-exempt? People aren't, my bad. Eligible businesses and
organizations are, and resellers are. People do the purchasing for
those.
Generally you have to provide a tax ID number if you're a reseller or a
particular form demonstrating that you can purchase things tax-exempt,
and you need to do this before the cashier starts to ring up your
purchases. And it's kind of a pain to be in line behind someone who is
making tax-exempt purchases. :)
> What I didn't add: the main reason for moving the ST was to bring property
> tax relief.
That sounds about like the reasoning I've heard for lots of other ST
increases.
Julia
who spent 10 years in a state with no sales tax and extremely limited
income tax
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