At what point do you fire your client? I fired a commercial client after my FIRST clean for them. We had a 15 minute conversation about tax. He didn’t want to pay tax, and I do NOT get paid under the table, ever. Like, we are talking about $3 or so here folks. I asked him what he would say to me if I asked him not to charge me tax if I was his customer, and he conceded the point, or so I thought. He paid by cheque, but it wasn’t until I deposited the cheque at the bank that i noticed the cheque wasn’t for the full amount. He was $3 short. $3 SHORT! Didn’t include the tax. I had already put the cheque in the ATM so I couldn’t get it back to have him write me a new cheque. So I sent him a polite but firm text message explaining he didn’t include tax on the cheque and that he should find a new service provider. I was so angry about the principle of the thing, it wasn’t about the money. Too soon? Would you keep a client like that? Let me know!
Service/labor tax?
Lol! This is funny! Fortunately I’m not required to charge a labor tax so I don’t really have to worry about that. But when I have worked in North Carolina charging tax for other services people always try to get me to drop the tax for them and I never do.
Canada.
GST. 5% tax on everything. Luckily for businesses it’s really just a pass through collection for the government. Going to be an odd entry though accounting being $3 short, or modifying the invoice to be gst exempt. If you need I have a letter from Alberta Infrastructure that all of their projects are GST exempt. I have to note it on all invoices I do work with them as every project with them ends up being a credit to my GST account.