sales tax in ohio

Wondering if anyone here from ohio can advise on this. I was researching about the service vendors liscence i thought i needed but seems in ohio if you do under 5000 dollars in service your not considered a lawn and landscaping service. Does this make sense? I am sure i can call them but just thought i would post this here first. Do i need ant vendors lisence at all? And is this what is refered to here as your "business lisence"?

thanks
brad

 

If you gross less than $5000 then you don't need to collect sales tax.

 

I forgot to add, that this is my part time work. And not sure how big i will get. Right now only a handful of customers. So can you tell me, I will not have a business lisence then?

 

I think the Ohio Dept of Taxation's wording is a little fuzzy on this(or maybe it's my memory!), but as I recall, you do need a service vendor's license if you plan on earning over $400 during the year. If it is reasonable to expect that you will do over $5000 in sales, then you must collect sales tax. If you are unsure about how much much sales you will do, and it is your first year in business, then you do not have to collect tax until you hit the $5000 mark in sales. Once you hit that mark, you must begin collecting tax. In any case, I recommend you go ahead and get a service vendor's license. But you don't have to take my word for it. Here is a link to get you all the paperwork you will need from the state. You simply answer a few questions and then you can download a forms packet that should tell you all you need to know. Good Luck
http://www.odod.state.oh.us/onestop/

 

Hey dbc45420. these guys are right, I talked to Ohio tax today, they said you make over 5000.00 dollars for the year of 2005, you need collect Ohio sales tax money, and then file with the state. Dave

 

but you still need the vendors licence......