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Sales Tax Update
June 24, 2014
Mountain Horticultural Crops Research Station
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Talk Topics
• Farmers paying Sales tax on inputs• Farmers collecting and remitting sales
tax on sales of products• Questions of Interest
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Prior to July 1, 2014Sales Tax On Farm Inputs
• If you are a farmer, you can purchase farm inputs exempt from sales tax:– Obtained a sales tax exempt number
beginning with a number 1– Prior to July 1, 2014, filed Form E595EA
and received an Exemption Certificate, Form E595E which was presented to vendors.
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Law Change July 1, 2014• Must have $10,000 or more of gross farm
income in previous calendar year, or• Must have $10,000 or more of gross farm
income as an average of the previous 3 calendar years, (HB 1050) or
• Beginning farmers can receive conditional exemption certificates for three years (HB 1050)
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Who’s a Farmer?• Dairy operator• Poultry farmer• Egg producer• Livestock farmer• Farmer of crops• A farmer of aquatic species (NC G.S.
106-758)
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Old Exemption Certificate
• Old Sales Tax Exemption Certificate is valid until October 1, 2014. These begin with the number 1
• Farmers holding old certificates must apply for new certificates from NC DOR.
• Must attest meeting $10,000 rule
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New Form to Apply Qualifying Farmers
• Form E-595QF (meet $10,000 rule)• Apply by October 1, 2014• 60-90 days to process new exemption
certificates• New Forms to be available end of this
week at www.ncdor.com
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New Sales Tax Exemption Certificates
• All New/Beginning Farmers must apply for Sales Tax Exemption Certificates
• New Process is yet to be determined– Details forthcoming from NCDOR– Directive to be released later this week.
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New Farmers: Conditional Exemption Certificate
• Apply using Form E-595CF• Valid for year of issuance plus 2 more
years.• NOT RENEWABLE• Must Provide NCDOR federal and state
tax return forms 90 days after the close of tax year.
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New Tax Exempt Certificates• For Qualifying Farmers E-595-E
beginning with the number 7
• For Conditional Farmers E-595-E beginning with the number 8
• NO CERTIFICATE….NOT Sales tax Exempt
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Sales and Use Tax Exempted Items
• Pesticides• Baby chicks and poults• Commercially built facility
and Building materials for raising or feeding of animals
• Bulk tobacco barns, racks or accessories to cure or dry tobacco
• Fuel and Electricity (separate meters)
• Fertilizer, plastic mulch, seeds, lime, land plaster
• Farm machinery, repair parts and lubricants
• Containers • Grain, feed, soybean
storage facility and parts
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Farmers Collecting and Remitting Sales Tax in North Carolina
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As a Farmer, Do I Collect Sales Tax? Well It Depends…
• If you are a producer, selling your products in their original and unmanufactured state, then these sales are exempt from sales and use tax.– You are selling in the “capacity of a
PRODUCER”
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A Producer Is?• Sales and Use Tax Bulletin Section 9-1
E.1. defines a producer as persons “selling primarily as producers when the total dollar sales volume of their produced farm products in the original state regularly exceeds 50% of total dollar sales volume of their purchased produces and their produced products.”
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I’m Selling at a Farmer’s Market … DO I Register?
• If you are selling only your produce or production, then no registration is required for sales tax collection.
• BUT, “a person that only sells products of the farm produced by the person must provide a written statement attesting that the items were produced by the person….to the operator of the specialty market”…
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A Retailer is?
• From the same Technical Bulletin Section 9-1E.2. is a person “selling primarily in their capacity as retail merchants when their total dollar sales volume of purchased products regularly exceeds 50% of the total dollar sales volume of their purchased and produced products.”
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Producer Becomes Retailer
• If a farmer becomes a retailer, then all sales, regardless of product origin, become subject to sales tax.
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Records, Records, and Records
• Must maintain separate records of own production from that which is purchased for resale.
• This is done to determine the gross receipts test and percentage allocation to meet classification of producer versus retailer.
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Registration is Require When• A farmer purchases any products for
resale that are not produced by the farmer in the capacity of a producer.
• Obtain a Certificate of Registration and issue to the Vendor a Certificate of Exemption…the farmer will collect and remit sales tax on these purchases when resold.
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Sales Tax and MEAT• Live animals: exempt from tax when sold by
producer [G.S. 105-164.13(4b)]• Cuts of meat (uncooked): subject to 2% rate
on food sold by producer or retailer.• Processed meat: (e.g. uncooked sausage)
subject to 2% rate on food sold by producer or retailer.
• Cooked/smoked meat: subject to 4.75% State and applicable local sales tax.
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Sales of Fruits and Vegetables• Raw vegetables sold by a producer are exempt [G.S.105-
164.13(4b)]• Raw veggies that are cut up and placed in bags to be sold
by producer are exempt.• If the producer adds anything to the vegetables such as
seasoning, no longer exempt, subject to 2% tax on food. • Shelled butter beans or corn sold in plastic bags by
producer are exempt.• Veggies or fruit sold by retailer, subject to 2% tax rate on
food• Fruits and veggies that qualify as a prepared food item are
subject to 4.75% plus any local sales tax.
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Quick Example: Sweet Potato• Sold by farmer with dirt on: EXEMPT• Sold by neighbor at farmer’s market:
2% food sales tax• Made into a pie: 2% food sales tax• Sold as a piece of pie, on a plate, with a
fork and napkin: 4.75% plus local sales tax
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Registering to Remit Sales and Use Tax
• Online Registration (Generally Quickest)• http://www.dor.state.nc.us/electronic/registration/index.html
• Complete and Submit Form NC-BR– http://
www.dor.state.nc.us/downloads/forms_fillin_ncbr.php?url=fillin/NCBR_webfill.pdf
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So, How often do I File?• Quarterly: Taxpayers who owe less
than $100 per month• Monthly: Tax payers who owe $100 but
less than $20,000 per month• Monthly (with Prepayment): Taxpayers
who owe at least $20,000 per month or more
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Once Registered…..• NCDOR issues Certificate of
Registration – Account Identification Number
• Coupon Booklet/Blank Forms E-500: Sales and Use Tax Return Mailed
• Form E505AC, Newly Registered Taxpayers Mailed.
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Sales Tax Rates• State General Rate -- 4.75%• Local Rates
– 75 Counties -- 2.00%– 25 Counties -- 2.25%– Durham, Mecklenburg and Osage -- 0.50%
• Food Sales Tax -- 2%
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File and Remit Sales and Use Tax• E-500 Sales and Use Tax Return (paper)• E-500 Sales and Use E-file• Sales and Use Electronic Date Exchange
(EDI)• Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)• E-Business Center
– http://www.dornc.com/electronic/business/index.html
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Questions?