Talked to the Comptroller's Office. On their 1997 list is a section on data processing and what normal things are taxable. They also told me if you have any questions, send them a query note that asks for a written response. He said that's the only way to cover yourself.
Hope that helps. Here's to your success! Jan Triplett, Ph.D. Business Success Center 933.1983 On Jul 29, 2011, at 3:13 PM, Warren Cardinal wrote: > web design services are considered 80% data processing. > > > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 7:54 PM, Jon Lebkowsky <[email protected]> > wrote: > Why 80%? I never heard of the tax being applicable to only a percentage of > sales? > > ~ Jon > > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Karen Kreps <[email protected]> > wrote: > I've spoken to the Comptrollers office and got very clear instruction about > Sales tax. > > If you do anything on a computer to produce a website, it is akin to word > processing in the eyes of the tax office-whether it is graphic design, > markup, coding or copy editing. You must collect sales tax on 80% of whatever > you earn from for-profit clients with businesses based in the state. The only > time you don't need to is you are only coaching/consulting and if your hands > are not directly producing anything that appears on the website. > > KK > > Karen Kreps > Net Ingenuity > > Increase your net worth with ingenuity. Net Ingenuity. > > > -- > 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 > > > > -- > Jon Lebkowsky (@jonl) > Polycot Associates > Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | Wikipedia | Blog | EFF-Austin > > > -- > 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 > > > -- > 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 -- 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
