Who collects and pays the sales taxes?
Here’s an important point: when something is subject to sales tax it is only taxed once and only the final person receiving the good or service pays the sales tax. I think of every sales transaction as a train and every step along the way is a car on the train. The end user …

Sales taxes for photographers
Photographers find sales taxes particularly perplexing (and that’s understandable). I can only hope to give an overview, please speak to a professional advisor or accountant to get specific answers for your state or locale because things are always changing. The short story is this: if you are going to sell photographs or photographic services to consumers then, …

Photographers are creative people and customarily hate structure and dealing with the legalities of running a business. Well, if you’re going to earn income from your photography then you’re running a business and, as such, need to understand the legal requirements. In prior installments we talked about fun things like cameras, business cards, websites and cooking up marketing ideas. Those …