Most Recent Blog Posts: Illinois

3rd Party Delivery Apps: Who Pays Sales Tax?

Sales tax liability on 3rd party food delivery apps is an important detail to make sure you have set-up correctly in your POS. Many states have changed or enacted laws around who is responsible for collecting and paying sales tax. You could be double-paying sales tax on these orders and not even know it.

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Illinois Sales Tax 101

The term “sales tax” actually refers to several tax acts. Sales tax is a combination of “occupation” taxes that are imposed on sellers’ receipts and “use” taxes that are imposed on amounts paid by purchasers. Sellers owe the occupation tax to the department; they reimburse themselves for this liability by collecting use tax from the buyers.

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