Online Sales Tax Reporting

I am new to the online store. I will be selling wood crafts. I understand how to collect sales taxes with POS and have all of my state sales tax reporting down. I am confused when an item is sold within my online store and mailed  within my state and out of state, I understand how Square automatically figures the sales tax based on the address delivered and deducts it from the money going into my account.  Do I have to report the sales tax on the online sales or is this taken care of an Square's end. I just want to  make sure I am doing every thing correct. Thank you for any help.

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Hi Mswood,

 

Square only keeps track of your sales tax and will provide a 1099 however, it's your responsibly to file and pay and taxes collected either online or in person.  Note, the only funds that Square retains from sales are the processing fees - the remaining balance (which includes taxes collected) is deposited into your bank account.  Hope that makes sense.

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Thank you so much for your quick reply.

 

I am so new to this and its been a learning curve. SO I think finally got this figured out. Since I will not be selling anywhere near most states safe harbor I only need to collect sales tax for all sales that my business  has nexus. So for me I am in New York and have no presents in any other state. (just a small wood craft business in my garage), If I sell and ship an item to someone out of state I don't need to collect and report sales taxes for that state. As long as my sales for that state are under the safe harbor thresholds. Of course if I ship an item to someone within New York yes I have to collect and report the sales tax.

 

https://www.salestaxinstitute.com/resources/economic-nexus-state-guide

 

Hopeful I have this correct. Once again thank you for your assistance.

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