services are not taxable in NC.
Pistol from CDNN online.What did you buy?
Don't be lazy - There's a LOT of info out there on the new tax laws and what applies/ doesn't apply. Collecting taxes and then not paying them to the State I would think opens you up to other liabilities so that's not necessarily the safest course.The sales tax law changes in the last 2 years screwed a bunch of things up.
And you can't get anyone to actually tell you what you should be doing, so the only safe option is to collect the taxes, because if they come check and decide you were suppose to be collecting, but were not doing so. You get to cut a check for the taxes you didn't collect.
Don't be lazy - There's a LOT of info out there on the new tax laws and what applies/ doesn't apply. Collecting taxes and then not paying them to the State I would think opens you up to other liabilities so that's not necessarily the safest course.
https://www.dornc.com/practitioner/sales/directives/SD-16-4.pdf
What business are you in? These new laws are crystal clear for me. I'm just curious who they left in a grey area?Read every publication, talked to CPAs, tax people. At the end of the day all agreed it was the safest to collect on everything.
I've just gone through a major integration with a sales tax validation service called AvaTax (https://www.avalara.com/products/sales-and-use-tax/avatax-2/). These are the folks that can tell you that a product is taxed at 3% on the north side of a street and 7% if you cross the road to the south. Their test cases involve setting up a sale in Costa Mesa, CA and Washington, DC - the 2 most onerous sales tax regions in the country.
According to them, any type of Administrative fee from an NC seller to an NC buyer in a retail setting (store) is not taxable.
Does that change if the seller is outside NC (like a gunbroker auction)?
I've just gone through a major integration with a sales tax validation service called AvaTax (https://www.avalara.com/products/sales-and-use-tax/avatax-2/). These are the folks that can tell you that a product is taxed at 3% on the north side of a street and 7% if you cross the road to the south. Their test cases involve setting up a sale in Costa Mesa, CA and Washington, DC - the 2 most onerous sales tax regions in the country.
According to them, any type of Administrative fee from an NC seller to an NC buyer in a retail setting (store) is not taxable.
When I lived in SC I almost used an FFL until they told me it would be a $25 transfer fee + tax on the sale price of the item. At the time SC didn’t require sales tax on online purchases and it was on the honor system for you to pay those taxes on your annual tax return. I don’t know if that’s changed since I left or not. This gun shop said they were “just keeping everyone honest” despite being one of the sleaziest gun shops I’ve ever dealt with. Needless to say I found a different FFL that didn’t take it upon themselves to protect the govt.
There were a lot of problems with that ffl. I suspect they pocketed the “tax” they collectedProblem there is it that the FFL doing the transfer did not sell the firearm...they have no liability or authority to tax it.
That's a bummer- I just had a gun shipped there. Then again, better than the $40+ that TSA charges.Carolina Gunrunners in Raleigh charges sale tax on their $25 transfers.
Yeah... but that would go firmly in the "things I don't like about my FFL" column, especially when I can name 3 in the Raleigh area that charge $15 for a transfer... no sales tax, or handling fee, or any other unnecessary fee. Just sayin'...I have no clue. But if I like my FFL I'm not going to let that deter me from doing business with them. What is it, a whole $2?
That's a bummer- I just had a gun shipped there. Then again, better than the $40+ that TSA charges.
Anyone recommend a shop in the N. Raleigh area who isn't pocketing sales tax or overcharging to fill out a form?