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Sales tax on lawn care?
Posted on 6/10/15 at 7:26 pm
Posted on 6/10/15 at 7:26 pm
I've been looking into paying for my lawn to be cut and manicured weekly and have been getting quotes from various individuals and companies. Two companies didn't quote sales tax but one local small company did.
I imagine the one charging tax is doing so for legal reasons but because the others don't, it makes me wonder if the one that does charge tax is doing so just to get extra money. I tried searching online to see if taxes are supposed to be charged for lawn care services but couldn't find any.
Do lawn care companies in Louisiana have yo charge tax?
I imagine the one charging tax is doing so for legal reasons but because the others don't, it makes me wonder if the one that does charge tax is doing so just to get extra money. I tried searching online to see if taxes are supposed to be charged for lawn care services but couldn't find any.
Do lawn care companies in Louisiana have yo charge tax?
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Posted on 6/10/15 at 7:27 pm to TDsngumbo
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Do lawn care companies in Louisiana have yo charge tax?
Posted on 6/10/15 at 7:27 pm to TDsngumbo
It's a service, I don't think you are supposed to charge. See also hair cuts, nails, etc.
Posted on 6/10/15 at 7:28 pm to TDsngumbo
I thought sales tax was tacked onto a sale of something, not a service performed.
Posted on 6/10/15 at 7:29 pm to TDsngumbo
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doing so just to get extra money
Posted on 6/10/15 at 7:30 pm to TDsngumbo
Small company ripping you off bruh
Unless they are charging and remitting the tax thinking that they have to.
Unless they are charging and remitting the tax thinking that they have to.
This post was edited on 6/10/15 at 7:31 pm
Posted on 6/10/15 at 7:38 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger
I agree with y'all. I think it's bullshite. But is it right?
Posted on 6/10/15 at 7:40 pm to TDsngumbo
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Do lawn care companies in Louisiana have yo charge tax?
Lawn companies pay taxes to the goverment. Some build it into their price, some choose to itemize it out for you. No one is trying to rip you off
Posted on 6/10/15 at 7:47 pm to TDsngumbo
Tax is not applicable to labor (service). The taxation from that doesn't come from a sale it comes from payroll and income. If you were buying a good from them then paying tax would be normal. If a company is trying to tax you for a service you may want to explain that to them because making a profit under the description of adding tax is illegal.
The only time I know of that charging tax for a service is permissible is if the work is being performed commercially, for a company. They would have to file a 1099 at the end of the year.
The only time I know of that charging tax for a service is permissible is if the work is being performed commercially, for a company. They would have to file a 1099 at the end of the year.
Posted on 6/10/15 at 7:56 pm to TDsngumbo
TDsngumbo
Which company quoted you for sales tax?
Which company quoted you for sales tax?
Posted on 6/10/15 at 8:02 pm to dagrippa
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It's a service, I don't think you are supposed to charge. See also hair cuts, nails, etc.
Sales tax is suppose to be charged on everything. Generally services prices include sales tax. They actual just determine what taxes are to be taken out.
Mechanics charge taxes on parts and labor just as AC mechanics and anyone else. Hair stylist just charge a flat rate and pay taxes out of credit card sales only. Pocket that cash!
This post was edited on 6/10/15 at 8:06 pm
Posted on 6/10/15 at 8:05 pm to TDsngumbo
doesn't really matter at all...they have quoted you what they will do the service for and it is up to you to agree or reject that offer...what they do with the money after you pay them is not something that you should concern yourself with...
Posted on 6/10/15 at 8:09 pm to TDsngumbo
Sales tax is generally charged when the service involves a moveable( car, computer, tv, boats etc).
Painters, carpenters, roofers do not charge sales tax on the labor.
Painters, carpenters, roofers do not charge sales tax on the labor.
Posted on 6/10/15 at 8:13 pm to TDsngumbo
I have seen the idea to tax services come up in past legislative sessions, but it has not gotten traction.
Yet.
Yet.
Posted on 6/10/15 at 8:21 pm to TrueTiger
Some services are taxed. Most are not. Lawn care does not appear to be taxed.
From the LA Dept of Revenue:
To what transactions is sales tax applied?
The state general sales and use tax is levied on the following transactions:
1. The sale of tangible personal property in this state.
2. The use, consumption, distribution, or storage for use or consumption in this state of any tangible personal property.
3. The lease or rental within this state of any item or article of tangible personal property.
4. The sales of certain services as defined in Revised Statute 47:301(14). Those services are the furnishing of sleeping rooms by hotels; the sale of admissions to places of amusement and to athletic and recreational events, and the furnishing of privileges of access to amusement, entertainment, athletic, or recreational facilities; the furnishing of storage or parking privileges by auto hotels and parking lots; the furnishing of printing and over printing; the furnishing of laundry, cleaning, pressing, and dyeing services; the furnishing of cold storage space and the preparation of property for such storage; the furnishing of repairs to tangible personal property; and the furnishing of telecommunications services.
All sales, use, consumption, distribution, storage for use or consumption, leases, and rentals of tangible personal property are taxable, unless an exemption or exclusion is provided by law for a particular transaction. In the case of service transactions, only the particular transactions enumerated in the law are taxable.
Do I have to collect sales tax on charges for labor?
Under certain circumstances, labor charges are taxable. Labor to fabricate or repair movable property is taxable. Labor charges to construct or repair immovable, or real, property are not subject to sales tax.
LINK
From the LA Dept of Revenue:
To what transactions is sales tax applied?
The state general sales and use tax is levied on the following transactions:
1. The sale of tangible personal property in this state.
2. The use, consumption, distribution, or storage for use or consumption in this state of any tangible personal property.
3. The lease or rental within this state of any item or article of tangible personal property.
4. The sales of certain services as defined in Revised Statute 47:301(14). Those services are the furnishing of sleeping rooms by hotels; the sale of admissions to places of amusement and to athletic and recreational events, and the furnishing of privileges of access to amusement, entertainment, athletic, or recreational facilities; the furnishing of storage or parking privileges by auto hotels and parking lots; the furnishing of printing and over printing; the furnishing of laundry, cleaning, pressing, and dyeing services; the furnishing of cold storage space and the preparation of property for such storage; the furnishing of repairs to tangible personal property; and the furnishing of telecommunications services.
All sales, use, consumption, distribution, storage for use or consumption, leases, and rentals of tangible personal property are taxable, unless an exemption or exclusion is provided by law for a particular transaction. In the case of service transactions, only the particular transactions enumerated in the law are taxable.
Do I have to collect sales tax on charges for labor?
Under certain circumstances, labor charges are taxable. Labor to fabricate or repair movable property is taxable. Labor charges to construct or repair immovable, or real, property are not subject to sales tax.
LINK
This post was edited on 6/10/15 at 8:22 pm
Posted on 6/10/15 at 8:41 pm to tigerbutt
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Sales tax is suppose to be charged on everything. Generally services prices include sales tax. They actual just determine what taxes are to be taken out.
Mechanics charge taxes on parts and labor just as AC mechanics and anyone else. Hair stylist just charge a flat rate and pay taxes out of credit card sales only. Pocket that cash!
Yeah, no.
Parts -yes.
Service - no. (Typically)
Posted on 6/10/15 at 8:44 pm to Lloyd Christmas
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quote:
Do lawn care companies in Louisiana have yo charge tax?
Lawn companies pay taxes to the goverment. Some build it into their price, some choose to itemize it out for you. No one is trying to rip you off
This is full of all kinds of stupid
Posted on 6/10/15 at 8:46 pm to xrockfordf150x
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The only time I know of that charging tax for a service is permissible is if the work is being performed commercially, for a company. They would have to file a 1099 at the end of the year.
You are confusing income tax with sales tax, 1099's do not have anything to to with sales tax
Posted on 6/10/15 at 8:47 pm to tigerbutt
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Sales tax is suppose to be charged on everything. Generally services prices include sales tax. They actual just determine what taxes are to be taken out.
Mechanics charge taxes on parts and labor just as AC mechanics and anyone else. Hair stylist just charge a flat rate and pay taxes out of credit card sales only. Pocket that cash!
No, just no
And this is your quote
You can't fix stupid but you can sure breed it.
This post was edited on 6/10/15 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 6/10/15 at 9:34 pm to Tigerpaw123
Wow, there is a bunch of dumb coming from these answers. Service providers can't add a line item for taxes to be used for their own income/1099 taxes.
Service providers do not have to pay SALES tax so they should not be charging SALES tax on an invoice. They do have to pay INCOME tax.
If a service provider fixes something movable, they then supposed to charge SALES tax only on that service. (fixing a car, fixing a lawnmower, fixing a computers hard drive vs fixing an AC unit that is not movable, fixing a roof or fixing a software problem on a computer) But that is a big grey area in this state. Trust me, I called the state multiple times to verify and I had to get stuff in writing just to keep because one person will contradict the other at the state level.
Service providers do not have to pay SALES tax so they should not be charging SALES tax on an invoice. They do have to pay INCOME tax.
If a service provider fixes something movable, they then supposed to charge SALES tax only on that service. (fixing a car, fixing a lawnmower, fixing a computers hard drive vs fixing an AC unit that is not movable, fixing a roof or fixing a software problem on a computer) But that is a big grey area in this state. Trust me, I called the state multiple times to verify and I had to get stuff in writing just to keep because one person will contradict the other at the state level.
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