sales tax
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- brozilla
freelancers - do you include sales tax in your invoice?
- nosaj0
In Canada you have to charge HST if you bring in more then 30 grand a year. You can claim what you spend also.
- dttp0
sales tax is for goods, not services
if it's only your time = no tax
- brozilla0
thnx dttp...makes sense
- rasko40
in the UK you can add VAT to your work but only if you are VAT registered, you have to be earning 58k to be eligible to register
- ribit0
VAT=goods and services tax in UK
I hate this stuff... We have to charge VAT to UK customers, possibly to EU customers (depending if they are exempt or not), and not to all others... hate it...
- ********0
I've asked this question a thousand times over the years to a thousand different people and nobody seems to know. I started charging it around ten years ago because i met a guy whose ad agency was audited by the state and ordered to pay hundreds of thousands in back sales tax. I charge it for everything based on in state, out of state, tax exempt. etc. My accountant argues that because your design ends up as a tangible product, you should charge it.
- nice-land0
If you deliver your work on a cd, paper or any tangible medium, it's taxable.
if you ftp your work, it not, but the rules will change soon so watch out
- DutchBoy0
it's the same in the netherlands. it's called BTW here and you have to be registered for it. goes for both services and goods..
19% usually..
unless it's books etc. then it's 6% here..
- nice-land0
... In california at least
- BonSeff0
i write in a 8% *make the logo bigger tax.
its not in the tax code...YET
but i aint been audited
YET
- DutchBoy0
haha, bonseff.
- ********0
I've added a 25% "my brain is such shit today" surcharge to make up for all the time I lose flailing my arms and cursing
- ribit0
"If you deliver your work on a cd, paper or any tangible medium, it's taxable.
if you ftp your work, it not, but the rules will change soon so watch out"
That sounds really weird...what has the delivery method of elements of the work got to do with charging for services or products? OK thats why it is changing?
- niceland0
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"If you deliver your work on a cd, paper or any tangible medium, it's taxable.
if you ftp your work, it not, but the rules will change soon so watch out"
That sounds really weird...what has the delivery method of elements of the work got to do with charging for services or products? OK thats why it is changing?
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It was done that way to encourage the early interwebs business as an incentive. At least that how it was explained to me. If anyone has more info on this I would love to hear it, especially if its wrong since this is the way I do it right now.
- lvl_130
haha rand. that was great!
do you charge a 12% tax on "make the type just a bit larger"? ("change typface to something more playful ie. comic sans" request=300% tax for sure !!)
- lvl_130
haha rand. that was great!
do you charge a 12% tax on "make the type just a bit larger"? ("change typface to something more playful ie. comic sans" request=300% tax for sure !!)
- lvl_130
i don't know how that happened. too many red bulls i guess.
- niceland0
$20 'double click' tax for NT™ers