California Sales Tax for Online Sellers, Demystified

California Sales Tax, Demystified

Presented by Mark Faggiano

Today’s Agenda

● Who has to collect California sales tax

● How to collect sales tax in California

● Step-by-step guide to filing a California sales tax return

● Questions! (use the chat panel on the left)

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CALIFORNIA...

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“I want California sales tax to go

away!”– Average TaxJar Customer

WHO COLLECTS CALIFORNIA SALES TAX?

CHARGE SALES TAX IF YOU HAVE “NEXUS”

A presence / connection in California that’s significant enough for you to be required to comply with their sales tax

WHAT’S TAXABLE?

• Most tangible items are taxable in CA• Common exceptions are clothing and food

• Services are mostly not taxable in CA• Are the tides changing?

• Shipping, gift wrapping can be taxable

REGISTERING IN CALIFORNIA• Registering online is easy with one caveat...They

will try to persuade you to register with the CA Secretary of State

• Out-of-state sole-props & LLCs generally not required to register with the Secretary of State

• If you run into problems, call 916-227-6600 for an override

HOW TO COLLECT CALIFORNIA SALES TAX

How to Charge Sales Tax if You Live in CA

● Charge “modified-origin” or “destination”

● We recommend destination

Full-Width Image SlideOver 200 sales tax districts in CA!

How to Charge Sales Tax if you DON’T Live in CA

● Charge “destination-based” sales tax

● Charge at the sales rate of your buyer’s “ship to” address

HOW TO FILE A CALIFORNIA SALES TAX

RETURN

YOU NEED THESE 4 THINGS TO FILE1.Gross Sales

2.How much you collected for shipping

3.Taxable sales by district

4.Taxable sales by county

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