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Does Amazon pay sales tax for sellers?

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Amazon does not pay the merchant sales tax—they collect it and give it to the appropriate state and city. It's very complicated! As a seller, it helps a lot call a sales tax agency to assist you with paying your sales tax.

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How do I add 6% sales tax to an amount?

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Multiply the amount x 1.06. This will give you the total amount, including the tax. The "1" is 100% of the item cost, and the ".06" is the tax rate of 6%. For example, you buy a screw driver set for $10.00 and the sales tax rate is 6%. $10.00 x 1.06 = $10.60. This is your total, including tax.

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Can 6% be written as 0.0600?

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6% would be 0.06, all you do is move the decimal two spaces to the left. For example 6% sales tax on an item would be calculated by multiplying the total cost by the decimal form of the percentage. Say the total cost was $30.00, it would be calculated as 30 x 0.06 = 1.8 then add the quotient to the original cost.

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If I sell three trees at $85.00 per tree and tell the buyer I included the 6% sales tax in the total price, and $85.00 per tree equals $255.00, when I make out my sales tax form, what do I say the amount of tax was and what was the sale amount?

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To calculate the sales tax that is included in receipts from items subject to sales tax, divide the receipts by 1 + the sales tax rate. For example, if the sales tax rate is 6%, divide the total amount of receipts by 1.06. $255 divided by 1.06 (6% sales tax) = 240.57 (rounded up 14.43 = tax amount to report.

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How much is $1070.50 + 6% tax?

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The answer is $1134.73. Multiply by 1+ tax rate. So, $1070.50 X 1.06 = $1134.73.

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How can I convert percentages to decimals?

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You take the percentage, divide it by 100 (because percentages are out of 100) and that is the decimal equivalent of that percentage.

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How do I add 9 percent to 189?

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Calculate 1 percent (in this case, 1.89), multiply that by 9, and add it to 189.

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If I have an item to be sold for $46,000 including tax and the tax rate is 7.38%, how do I find the base price for the item?

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To find the cost or base price of an item use the total and divide it by the tax rate: $46,000 / 1.0738 = $42,838.52. That is the base price. Now to get the total tax rate you can use $46,000 - $42,838.52 = $3,161.48. So you have total including tax = cost plus total tax. $46,000 = 42,838.52 + 3,161.48. The only tricky part is the tax rate has to be converted to divide to it; you take 7.38 x 100 = 0.0738 and you add 1, so it's 1.0738.

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How can I find the original cost with only the sales tax total and rate? For example: tax rate is 8.6% and collected tax is $15.55.

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Divide the total tax by the tax rate. In your case, $15.55 / 8.6% = $180.81. The original cost is $180.81, and the total cost with tax included is $180.81 + $15.55 = $196.36.

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How does sales tax impact my paycheck?

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It should not impact your paycheck at all.

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How do I know what the sales tax is from a total?

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Unless the tax rate is explicit you would need to know the cost to get the total sales tax. You can't find it from 1 value alone.

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How do I find out tax rate?

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Search online for insidegov.com. You can search for the state, city, or county. They will show all sales tax by county.

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If I buy an item and pay tax at time of purchase before turning around and reselling it for 15% more, do I charge the purchaser the sales tax on the marked-up item?

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Yes. However, when you file your sales and use tax, you can subtract the tax already paid on the item you purchased from the amount owed to the state for that sale.

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How do I calculate what the tax was when I have only the total with tax?

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Work backwards. Divide your tax by the total, and if you get .05, then the answer is 5 %.

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Do I round up or down when I get a sales tax number that's a decimal?

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Round up when you get a sales tax that's a decimal. If you round down, you could be a little short on money.

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Where do I find my state's sales tax rate?

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You can look it up. but you must use your state's name.

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