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Is there more in-depth sales tax reports?

flourishbtq — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 22:09:03 GMT

I have sales tax set up through my POS for my physical storefront and have been paying taxes according to the sales tax report no problem. But for online, the report just lists the state - and in our state, sales tax is paid according to the county the customer lives in. I have no idea which county to pay the online sales tax into, because I can't find that information in any of the reports. Help?

Re: Is there more in-depth sales tax reports?

Donnie-M — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 12:48:00 GMT

@flourishbtq What state do you live in, I know online sales taxes are paid to the state the customer lives in, but I haven't encountered where you would have to pay a sales tax to say, a place like lubbock, TX, hardin county, ky, etc.... That would seem to be a logistical nightmare if you had to register and pay a portion of state sales tax into each and every municipality.

Re: Is there more in-depth sales tax reports?

flourishbtq — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 15:11:24 GMT

Ohio - so I have two physical locations as well as the online presence. and for my storefronts, located in different counties, they have different tax rates. I pay 7.25 in one and 7.5 + a .5 city imposed sales tax in the other. logistical nightmare? You bet. With our tax payment gateway, you have to specify which county you’re paying tax into - unless I’m missing something.

Re: Is there more in-depth sales tax reports?

Donnie-M — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 22:16:38 GMT

@flourishbtq Ty for the update, this makes a lot more sense now. Do you use one online store for both locations?

https://squareup.com/help/us/en/article/6878-all-about-taxes-square-online-store

This is the most current information but the TL:DR is, if you are shipping then the online taxes are automatically calculated..in my situation where we are a restaurant I use the "Item Level Taxes" which are what I specify in the point of sale regardless of buyers address.

What do your online orders look like? are they for each physical location?