Question
I sell handcrafted wrought iron garden gates?
This is my first time really selling ( before was just for family and friends as gifts ) and I have never thought of my self as a business . But I now have a back order of fourteen gates and I am planning on going to a couple fairs this season with smaller items ( planters, stakes etc ). I will need a sales tax license because I am told I have to charge sales tax and file a tax return. The problem I am facing is at the website for the license application it says this www ... the first question? I suppose the first time I actually collect a sales tax? but since I have not done that since I have never charged or reported a sales tax what should I put here? another question ask for "legal name" what does that mean? I am not a "company or llc" I just sell a couple freakin gates a year out of my barn. I want to do the right thing and give Pa their freakin tax money but they are making it too complicated and really I just want to forget it and not charge the sales tax. Help please! I just want a tax id number for the sales tax but this form is acting like i am GM....i am not a "enterprise" i am a gate maker Any ideas on how to just get a id number with out all the mumbo jumbo please!!!???? oh i am in Pennsylvania if I was not clear. thank you!!
9 months ago - 1 answers
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You can get your "legal name" by paying $10 at the Secretary of States Office and buying a Trade Name. Or you can just give yourself a name. It is legal to call yourself any name you choose. But if someone else already has "bought" that name, you have to stop using it if they complain. So enter any name you want. Don't worry about making a wrong entry on the first question. Just put any entry that allows you to continue. Then add a note at the end in the space for Comments. If you make a mistake, you can fix it. The only important thing is that you charge the 8% sales tax when you do sell the gates. Call the Dept of Revenue if the form gets too frustrating. They actually help you. Their budget is being cut and they need more tax money; which is what you are offering..
by Ed Atun
9 months ago
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