Hi Jan, Based on my own research and talking to other freelancers, I understand that training and consulting are not taxable services, and that people who do modifications of existing themes/designs in WordPress or other CMSes are also not taxed; it is just original website design and programming that is taxable.
Is that your (or others') understanding of this as well? --Jackie On Jul 28, 12:13 pm, Jan Triplett <[email protected]> wrote: > I know we usually talk about tech stuff and you've been great helping me. > > I wanted to do something helpful for you. There is a huge increase in sales > tax audits that I am hearing about from CPA and accounting colleagues. And, > my clients are telling me that they are going through sales tax audits more > and more. There have been some heavy fines. > > You might want to be careful right now because states are looking for money > and you might be vulnerable. > > Straight from the horse's mouth and from the Texas Comptroller's site: > "State Sales and Use Tax is imposed on all retail sales, leases and rentals > of most goods, as well as taxable services." > > I am not a CPA but we always recommend businesspeople, even or especially > service businesses, contact the state controller's office with a list of the > services they provide and make sure they are not taxable. I have one client > who provides products that has had trouble proving to a newbie, inexperienced > auditor that he does not provide services. Here is a more > infohttp://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/sales/but call and talk to a > person, too. There are times to avoid calling > themhttp://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/call_tips.html. > > Then talk to your accountant or book keeper to make sure you are charging and > paying sales tax where you are required. None of us can take a $60K hit as > one small business did for not collecting and not paying the tax. > > Hope this was helpful. > > Here's to your success! > > Jan F. Triplett, PhD., CEO > Business Success Center > Sales & Financial Business Management Advisors & Strategists > Twitter > Linkedinhttp://ownersview.comhttp://runitright.biz > 512.933.1983 -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
