Freelance Sales Tax? 1010 Responses

Last post: 4 months, 2 weeks ago | Thread started: Jul 8, 08, 8:02 p.m.

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• redant

  Do you guys charge sales tax? I'm in Texas. Do I have to fill out paperwork in order to do this?

  Jul 8, 08, 8:02 p.m. – Permalink

• NONEIS

  Sales tax is only for goods, not services. You do have to pay income tax, set aside 30% and you will be fine.

  • k, but iknow at my last job they charged our clients sales tax and so does my mechanic?– redant1/3

    You don't charge tax on services, but you could on items - print,etc.– formed2/3

    actually, I think it differs from state to state– Josev3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 8, 08, 8:03 p.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  ask these people:
  

  or dig around here
  http://www.window.state.tx.us/ta…

  • cool thanks. escort services were listed haha :) hmm.– redant1/2

    I think that falls under "entertainment"– flashbender2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 8, 08, 8:15 p.m. – Permalink

• epete22

  i thought texas didnt have a state income tax

  • only if your money comes from oil– flashbender1/3

    We don't here in Oregon, it's really nice knowingly exactly what your total is going to be :|– NONEIS2/3

    But, I wish we had it for the sole reason of pumping $ into our school system.– NONEIS3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 8, 08, 8:24 p.m. – Permalink

• epete22

  you only have to pay tax if your clients ask you to fill out a w9 or you are making an obscene amount of money freelancing

  • i mean charge the client sales tax– redant1/3

    sales tax on services provided, not income tax. W9 is for income tax– flashbender2/3

    You cant charge for services, physical objects only.– NONEIS3/3

  

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  Dog-earJul 8, 08, 8:25 p.m. – Permalink

• NONEIS

  The amount to require paying taxes on freelance, is far from obscene. Last I heard it was in the $600 range.

  

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  Dog-earJul 8, 08, 8:44 p.m. – Permalink

• doesnotexist

  ^ yeah I believe it's, if you're making more than $600 in a month from somewhere, legally you're supposed to fill out a w9

  

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  Dog-earJul 8, 08, 9:14 p.m. – Permalink

• NONEIS

  LOL, this is now the 3rd ranked search result on google for "sales tax freelance"

  • better pay your taxes– sikma1/2

    haha, yeah, um, those...– NONEIS2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 8, 08, 9:29 p.m. – Permalink

• ismith

  Tell them you're actually me and that you refuse to pay any taxes.

  • Income tax of course.– ismith1/2

    its the gov. you can't fu..with them.– akrokdesign2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 8, 08, 9:37 p.m. – Permalink

• kerus

  i dunno about other places but in CT...
  intarwebs = no sales tax
  print = must charge

  the argument boils down to physical vs intellectual property more or less. so in short, F print and F taxes

  

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  Dog-earJul 8, 08, 10:05 p.m. – Permalink

• utopian1

  "Everything in Texas is bigger" - even your sales taxes!

  • hahaha– flashbender1/2

    cost u at least a steak.– akrokdesign2/2

  

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  Dog-earJul 8, 08, 10:24 p.m. – Permalink