Dallas Sales Tax Lawyer

Texas imposes a 6.25 percent state sales tax on the sale or rental of many goods and services. Cities and other local jurisdictions levy an additional 2 percent in local sales taxes. If a sales tax was not paid for the consumption, use or storage of goods, a use tax is collected at the same rate as the sales tax.

Problems may arise with sales and use tax collection in several ways:

• Often, problems occur when businesses collect sales taxes but do not pay the sales taxes to the government. Instead, they use the funds for other business expenses.
• Sometimes, businesses do not collect taxes on sales when they should.
• Sometimes, business owners encounter sales tax problems if they do not keep good records of their transactions.

These issues can cause significant problems for the operation of your business and for you. Sales taxes collected by business owners are considered held in trust for the state government. If you, as business owner, collect but fail to pay the sales and use tax to the government, the business owner can be held personally liable for the amount. Sales tax problems may show up during a state or IRS audit of a business' finances, just like failures to pay employment and sales tax.