Sales Taxes - When did you know that you had to collect sales tax?

Accounting & Taxes

Topic summary

Determining when to collect sales tax for a Print on Demand store, amid conflicting information. The key question is whether to collect only in the home state or across all states based on where customers live.

No guidance or consensus is provided in the thread; the sales tax question remains unanswered and unresolved.

Immediate plans: begin promotion tomorrow, using a freebie to encourage signups and sharing.

Marketing approach: promote in several Discord communities (each ~10,000 members) and Facebook groups. After estimating duplicates, potential reach could exceed 100,000 people, with the goal of gaining freebie signups.

Seeking advice: whether offering a freebie is a good strategy, what methods work best, and questions about digital ads (feasibility and cost).

Status: open/ongoing. No decisions or concrete outcomes yet on sales tax collection; the user is actively preparing promotional activities and soliciting tips.

Summarized with AI on January 15. AI used: gpt-5.
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As I keep reading more and more about collecting sales tax and there seems that there isn’t a correct answer. So, for the people who have started collecting sales tax, when did you know that you had to start collecting sales tax?

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Yes, because if I have a Print on Demand store, should I only collect sales taxes from orders in my home state or should I collect them through all states due to where my potential customers live?

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I have really been promoting it yet, I was getting somethings together. But tomorrow is all about promoting. I have a freebie that I think people will like and hopefully share as well. How is your store coming along?

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I am in a few discords where I am think about promoting it which each have close to 10,000 members plus I was going to use some Facebook groups that I am in to see if that would work to. I did a calculation of all the people and gave a rough estimate of the amount of duplicates, and I can probably reach over 100,000 people. So if I can get a few freebie signups with these methods I will be fine. How long have you had your store?

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Offering a freebie isn’t a good idea? What is the best method? I am always open to tips and suggestions.

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Like digital ads?

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It sounds like a great idea, but is it costly?