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A comment on Ask HN: How to handle sales tax for SaaS side projects?.

Re:Ask HN: How to handle sales tax for SaaS side projects? by johnwheeler on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @09:25PM (#19987454)
I’m not sure I follow. Services are exempt from sales tax

https://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/insights/sales-taxation-sof...

The law is murky at best. Doesn’t feel like something a startup should devote much energy to.

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Re:Ask HN: How to handle sales tax for SaaS side projects? by HillRat on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @11:55PM (#19988285)
In Texas, if nowhere else, it’s established that SaaS is a “business service” and taxed appropriately either via sales or use tax. (Texas is unusual in taxing business services, however.)
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Re:Ask HN: How to handle sales tax for SaaS side projects? by billconan on Thursday May 23, 2019 @12:03AM (#19988329)
you can check this, https://blog.taxjar.com/saas-sales-tax/

some states do charge sales tax.

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