Trades of Hope uses Avalara.com, one of the premiere sales tax engines commonly used among major ecommerce businesses, to calculate the appropriate sales tax for each order. Your back office system is configured to automatically charge sales tax based upon current state regulations.
Online Sales Tax
As of May 1, 2020, online sales tax is required to be charged in the below states. For delivery addresses not within these states, sales tax is not required to be collected at this time.
Sales tax is calculated on the delivery address.
Please check back regularly if your state is not listed.
Special Exemptions:
States exempt from online sales tax as of November 1, 2019 are: ID, IA, MA, OK
Clothing items (scarves, kimonos, headbands, etc.) sold in or shipped to Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island addresses are exempt from sales tax.
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- **Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- **Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- **Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- *Missouri
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Mexico
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- **Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Washington D.C.
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Please Note:
*Charges state tax only
**Due to updates on state laws, these states are now exempt from charging sales tax on shipping & handling.
(Sales Tax must still be charged on the full product price before shipping & handling is added.)
Sales and Promotions Tax
For Percent Off or Dollar Off sales promotions, sales tax will be collected on the ticketed sale price.
For Threshold Sales such as Buy One Get One or a Free Product, sales tax will be charged on the full retail price.
Hostess Order Tax Information
Please note that within the Home Party world, most states view Hostess Dollars and Half-Priced Items as a form of “payment” for the product. Because this is considered “payment,” states require that sales tax be paid on the Full Retail value of a product, even if it looks like you’re only getting charged on a small portion or nothing at all, depending on your reward level.
Also, the percentage of the tax collected is determined through a tax engine that calculates the specific tax for each state and address location. It is possible for one person to be charged a certain percentage and their neighbor across the street, who lives outside the “city limits”, to be charged a different amount. This is determined by the State, County, and City where the product is going to be delivered.
