I always thought they could at a salon...
They are technically licensed under a salon?
Massage parlor the ugly tec term in MN is almost impossible to open..
so they use a salon lisc to remain open.
They use it more as a cover up and probably write their receipts 4 tax perp as some other treatment. Massage can only be a partial under 40% of usage for salon on average... But many places get away with it ;)
Im thinking they r saying they r selling u a body care product which would be taxable right?
shampoo body scrub etc? I think those r taxable? gosh now i sound like an idiot because idr if HBA is taxable wait a min i think so when i buy makeup thats certainly taxed! Gotta love MAC lovely 300 it cost me everytime i walk into 1 ...
if not for those reasons i really have no clue... maybe their pos is off?
I been there a few times when I called they always told me $80 cash for the 1 hr session. When I get there they charged me $100 + $6... for tax. I been to 95% of the massage parlor in MN and none of them charge tax for the massage.
$6... Tax just pocket change, but it just the principal of doing honest business. Next time if I go there and they charge me tax I'm just gonna do an about face.
I haven't heard of a service that doesn't charge taxes, but I always figured it was built into the prices of certain services and goods, like movie tickets, drinks, lap dances, and massages.
I Agree Lena is worth coming back for her skill. I rather have them charge me a flat fee with whatever built in it instead of some odd number and when you pay up front they always ask if you want your change back it kinda make you feel uncomfortable, May be that's the way they set up to get an Extra few bucks That's my opinion.
They do that when I go there too. I just tell them I want the swedish massage which is on their menu for $85 plus about 6 for tax. It's still seems a little high to me even then at $91. But that is cheapest on the menu for one hour. Can't a regular customer get a break?
And yes it is strange because no other place in town taxes massages.
In Minnesota, sales tax is charged on goods, except for certain items like food and clothing. But NO sales tax is ever charged on services (e.g. tax preparation, lawn mowing, legal representation, massages, etc). They are just scamming you or don't know better when they charge you sales tax. But I would guess the former.
I asked about the tax and was told that the city charged them for back taxes the previous year. If your posing as a salon and sell products, then the city will ask for thier share assuming that you sold products. It would raise questions if you claimed to to be a salon that sells products and told them that you didn't sell any last year. The 1st time I gave $110 and said keep the change. Just make sure you have the change when you go.
The state does charge sales tax on certian services (towing and lawn service are some of them) I dont know about massage and I doubt there a line on the tax form for hj
I think Clinton might've tried to get those services incorporated into our taxes with the 1099-HJ and the 1099-BJ, but the Republicans wouldn't let it fly ;)
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Therapeutic tantra reiki etc Massage IS taxable. Its considered complimentary healthcare.
I know this because I have to pay them, I also calculate the sales tax into the fee as well as the tip so I'm not constantly having to explain .
I also know that the first thing they do after they bust a place is report them to the IRS.
seriously? because cosmos got busted 3 times
1 time was even valentines day.
it made me wonder who they stayed open busted 3 times because they where lisc as a salon and that gives the licensee an infraction . or so i would think.?
Look at it this way, posing as a "salon" type business and offering products for sale does help to protect them. And paying taxes does not hurt either...
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is why I also tell clients that complain about rates and say no, I dont charge too much.
Would you rather I upselll and hustle you the whole time or last minute to kill the moment instead?
Because I can totally go there like that.
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