What we charge?

[bases-loaded@juno.com]

Hi Brian -

This won't cheer you up any, but MAY GIVE YOU CAUSE TO GRIN A BIT.  After
much digging thru the rule book, and calling all 5 of the central Ohio
branch offices for their own interpretations (which tended to differ, of
course) it was finally decided that if I wrote out the bill to indicate
that x amount was for the tuning and y amount was for the "trip charge",
I would not have to charge sales tax on the y amount.  I've been doing it
that way the past 4 years.  At least I'm circumventing a little of the
tax, and saving my customers a little money.  More importantly, it was a
victory, however small....

Mark Potter
bases-loaded@juno.com

On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:22:48 -0500 "Brian Trout" <btrout@desupernet.net>
writes:
> I -wish- I had never heard of charging sales tax for services. 
> I hate taxes.  But I haven't figured out how to be in business 
> without
> dealing with them.
> 
> Brian Trout
> Quarryville, PA
> btrout@desupernet.net
> 
> >
> > I have NEVER heard of charging "tax" on a tuning, which is usually 
> ALL
> labor. I know that there would maybe be tax on parts, if needed, but 
> labor?
> Is labor tax charged only in certain states? Of course, i am a 
> newbie
> tuner/tech, so maybe I am just unaware of this matter. I know that 
> in MOST
> cases, there is NO tax on labor; is piano tuning labor an exception?
> >
> > Terry Peterson
> > "RPT in Training"
> > LA, CA
> >
> >
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