In a message dated 98-08-02 23:02:49 EDT, you write: << If you replace a hammer shank, you have sold them a part so you have to pay tax. Yes? No? (assuming you pay taxes for sales , but not services.) How about a set of keytops? Hammers? Dampp Chaser? What we're really interested in is the ratio of service cost to 'materials'cost and is the 'materials cost' sold as a stand alone item without installation and in sufficiently large numbers to make it worthwhile for both the State and you to pay attention. Doubt it. Unless you're selling pianos. Carl >> Technically, if the state in which you live charges sales tax on materials, (parts, etc. ) but not service, then every little thing you "sell" a customer has to be taxed. You will see this in the car repair busines, plummers, electricians, etc. In my business, I seldom tax anything under $50 dollars worth of material. A set of key tops, bridle straps, strings, etc, are all non taxed. I do charge tax on a set of hammers, a set of bass strings, a pin block, etc. These are items than can easily be seperated out. In MO, if you don't have a business licence, you don't have to get a sales tax licence. If you want a sales tax licence, you have to have a business licence. So you can either play by the "rules", or you can cheat, (did I say that?) and get away with not colecting sales tax. Willem Blees RPT St. Louis
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