Administering the Sales Tax
» Administering the Sales Tax, Volume 2, Issue 4, 2002
If respondent's state has sales and use tax AND if respondent's firm must charge sales and use tax on at least some of its sales AND respondent believes the tax could be made easier to administer.
Do the following potential administrative difficulties with state sales and use taxes create problems for your business? How about:?
5C. (problems with sales tax) Some people and organizations have to be charged the tax and some don’t.
Response | ||||
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1 | A lot | 13 | ||
2 | Some | 26 | ||
3 | A few | 13 | ||
4 | No | 45 | ||
5 | DK/Refuse | 3 | ||
Total (%) | 100 | |||
N | 236 |
Notes: Thirteen (13) percent of small employers who collect state sales and use taxes and who think sales tax administration can be made easier, indicate that the tax exempt status of some people and organizations creates “a lot” of administrative problems (Q#5C).