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For questions relating to taxes collected on the sale of goods and services. In most cases, a country, region, or state/province tag should be included as well.

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Sales taxes on Groupons or LivingSocial coupons?

These deals do not account for tax, unless it's for an online purchase. e.g. a deal for a piece of tech hardware, shipped, would have to account for tax, if it applies. In this case, the restaurant …
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Is sales tax for online purchases based on billing- or shipping address?

From Amazon's Site: "If an item is subject to sales tax in the state to which the order is shipped, tax is generally calculated on the total selling price of each individual item." I'm going to trus …
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Sales Tax: Rounded Then Totaled or Totaled Then Rounded?

You should total the items first, to get $3.00, then add the tax, then round up/down accordingly. Your two examples above don't offer this option, even though your second example arrives at the same …
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Accounts Receivable included in Gross Sales?

$500, this is called "cash basis" accounting. A large company might handle it otherwise, counting shipments/billings as revenue. Not you. Yet.
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how do i get an out-of-state billing address for a credit card?

Are you sure about this? I mean your premise. I thought tax was based on shipping address. I've made purchases, live, in NY, and had the choice to pay sales tax or to have the item shipped, in effect …
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Is buying or selling goods for gold or silver considered taxable?

This isn't new. Even before silver hit $50 in 1980, silver coins were worth 3-4X face value for 'junk' silver. There were people writing articles on how one could sell their house and specify a lowe …
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How is tax avoidance on home purchasing avoided with Fair Tax implementation?

Your question can be generalized to address any significant changes in the tax code. The recent series of changes to the estate tax, for example, offered a year in which dying produced an unlimited ex …
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Is there a dollar amount that, when adding Massachusetts Sales Tax, precisely equals $200?

No. $188.23 has $11.76 tax = $199.99 $188.24 has $11.77 tax - $200.01 So, unless the based price contained the half cent for $188.235, the register would never show $200.00 even. How does the receip …
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Sales taxed amount in Accounts Receivable?

A receivable is a positive entry, an asset. The tax due is a negative, an amount you owe. The two add to $1000 if you add them up.
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