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Sales Tax

Getting Your Tax Number

You should get a tax number if your state has a sales tax and you areselling taxable goods or leasing appliances. Your state has sales taxoffices in major cities and will be happy to take your application for a taxnumber.

Tax Exempt Supplies

New parts that will be used to repair appliances should be purchased tax exempt and have the sales tax collected after they are used to repair acustomer's machine.Non-Taxable Goods and Services

Some states with sales tax do not tax your labor on a service call or yourlabor to install leased appliances. Read and understand your state's taxlaws governing appliance service, sales and leasing.

Paying State, County and City Taxes

Know and understand what taxes apply to the various areas that you dobusiness in.

Business Ethics

You must decide if you are going to run your small business according to therules. In addition to sales tax, you will be asked to pay property taxes based on your business resources such as the value of your truck, office equipment and inventory. Most of the tax revenue collected by your state and county governments is paid back to the communities that you do business into keep them viable places in which to do business.