To setup the luxury tax on apparel sold for more than $1,000 (per item, not entire sale):
- Select Administrative > Sales Tax > Tax Definitions.
- Select Add. The New Sales Tax Definition window will appear.
- Enter an ID and description for this tax definition (e.g., CTLux2 and Apparel Luxury Tax).
- Enter 1.4 into the Rate % field.
- Enter 0.005 into the Rounding field.
- Change Qualifying Sales to Items Costing and enter $1,000 into the of at least field.
- Set Qualifying Customers to Shipping to (or walk-in to store located in) and choose CT in the State drop-down list.
- Set the tax starting date to 7/1/2011. Set the ending date to anytime in the distant future (i.e., 1/1/2099).
- Select the Categories tab and check only categories that contain:
• Watches
• Handbags
• Articles of clothing, wallets, other worn apparel.
- Select the Stores tab and check each store in Connecticut.
- Select the Misc tab and check those miscellaneous items this tax may apply to (e.g., Misc Non-Inventory Apparel Item).
- Select OK/Save and Close.
It will be necessary to create a second miscellaneous non-inventory item if you use Misc Charge at POS to sell both jewelry and apparel items that might retail for more than $1,000. See the section on Misc. Charge for information on this.
If you use the Custom Job function to create watches or other wearable apparel that retails for more than $1,000, please contact Technical Support for assistance in getting properly setup to ensure the correct tax amounts are collected.