Navigating Sales Tax for Events Outside City Limits: A Frustrating Reality

[leslieprichett]

for the dumbest reason.

I live in a city that has a sales tax. We all have 1 zip code, but not everyone in this zipcode lives in the city limits, therefore doesn't have a sales tax to pay.

Every time I have a host outside of the city limits and don't do the sales tax (cause they don't have to), my show gets put on hold. Such a pain in the tuckus LOL

 

[NooraK]

That stinks. It's tough enough to deal with the different counties around here with their varying sales taxes, I can imagine city sales tax would be even worse!

 

[cathyskitchen]

That's NUTS! So, in Alaska, you charge tax to the guest's based on where THEY live, not the host's home? Because I always charge every guest the sales tax for the city/county/state the host is in (i.e., where the show is held). I have 4 different sales tax rates around me, so I have to pay attention to this, but I guess Alaska is different, right?

 

[BethCooks4U]

That's NUTS! So, in Alaska, you charge tax to the guest's based on where THEY live, not the host's home? Because I always charge every guest the sales tax for the city/county/state the host is in (i.e., where the show is held). I have 4 different sales tax rates around me, so I have to pay attention to this, but I guess Alaska is different, right?

I think she's saying that the host lives outside the city so she didn't charge the tax at all since it's the shipped to address but HO is saying she should have charged it so she has to go back and explain to HO to get it off hold.

 

[leslieprichett]

I think she's saying that the host lives outside the city so she didn't charge the tax at all since it's the shipped to address but HO is saying she should have charged it so she has to go back and explain to HO to get it off hold.

Yup, you have it perfectly