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Sales & Use Tax Rate Changes Effective January 1, 2021
Who is required to have a a Seller's permit also called a Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) license, a wholesale ID, a state ID, and or reseller ID?
First, Individuals or businesses that sell tangible personal property, such as jewelry, for example, to the final consumer, i.e., the person that uses the item sold, need a Seller's permit .
Where Can Obtain a Seller's permit in Michigan?
A seller's permit may be obtained on our web site.
In order to register your Seller's permit to collect Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) , please follow the application process by just clicking on the order or get Seller's permit button, submitting your business info and selecting Seller's permit .
Do I have to pay City/Local/County Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) in addition to the state tax?
Michigan has no city, local, or county Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) .
What Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) Rate Will I have to charge for Michigan Taxable Sales?
The state Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) rate is 6%.
The most common businesses that are required to get a Seller's permit are retailers - Retailers make sales to the end consumer.
Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) of 6% on their retail sales must be remitted to the State of Michigan.
In addition, retailers must get a Seller's permit to collect tax from their customers and remit the Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) to the State of Michigan.
Wholesalers are the second most common business that are required to get a Seller's permit
in most states, but Michigan does not require them to get one.
Wholesalers sell to other wholesalers or retailers and not to the final consumer.
The price at which the seller sells a product does not determine if the seller is a wholesaler. The determination is based on whom the products are sold to by the seller.
Wholesalers buy for resale at wholesale.
They are not making retail sales; therefore registration for Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) is not required. Wholesalers claiming an exemption should provide a written statement that they are purchasing for "resale at wholesale".
However, contractors such as construction general contractors do not need a Seller's permit because they are considered the end consumer of the parts and materials for construction
- A Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) license is not required for contractors or subcontractors, since they are the final consumers of the materials they affix to real property so they need to pay tax when buying the materials.
Anyone who is directly engaged in the activity of constructing, altering, repairing, or improving real estate for others is liable for the Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) on the inventory value of the materials affixed to the property. However, contractors can charge the taxes to the clients buy charging a higher price for the construction projects.
Note that businesses, who sell tangible personal property in addition to providing labor or a service, are required to obtain a Seller's permit / Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) license. For example, a plumber is required to obtain a Seller's permit if instead of just installing plumbing, he also sells plumbing materials.
Any property which goes with the customer in connection with the repair or service is considered a sale at retail and subject to Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) .
Services Taxed in Michigan
Tax Rate: E - Exempt from Tax, T - taxable at various unspecified rates, or a number indicates percentage tax rate applicable.
ServiceTax RateNotes
001 - Soil prep., custom baling, other ag. servicesE
002 - Veterinary services (both large and small animal)E
003 - Horse boarding and training (not race horses)E
004 - Pet groomingE
005 - Landscaping services (including lawn care)E
006 - Metal, non-metal and coal mining servicesE
007 - Seismograph & Geophysical ServicesE
008 - Oil Field ServicesE
009 - Typesetting service; platemaking for the print trade6
010 - Gross Income of Construction ContractorsE
011 - Carpentry, painting, plumbing and similar trades.E
012 - Construction service (grading, excavating, etc.)E
013 - Water well drillingE
014 - Income from intrastate transportation of personsE
015 - Local transit (intra-city) busesE
016 - Income from taxi operationsE
017 - Intrastate courier serviceE
018 - Interstate air courier (billed in-state)E
019 - Automotive storageE
020 - Food storageE
021 - Fur storageE
022 - Household goods storageE
023 - Mini -storageE
024 - Cold storageE
025 - Marina Service (docking, storage, cleaning, repair)E
026 - Marine towing service (incl. tugboats)E
027 - Travel agent servicesE
028 - Packing and cratingE
029 - Intrastate telephone & telegraph6
030 - Interstate telephone & telegraph6
031 - Cellular telephone services6
032 - Electricity6
033 - WaterE
034 - Natural gas6
035 - Other fuel (including heating oil)6
036 - Sewer and refuse, industrialE
037 - Intrastate telephone & telegraph6
038 - Interstate telephone & telegraph6
039 - Cellular telephone services6
040 - Electricity4
041 - WaterE
042 - Natural gas4
043 - Other fuel (including heating oil)4
044 - Sewer and refuse, residentialE
045 - Service charges of banking institutionsE
046 - Insurance servicesE
047 - Investment counselingE
048 - Loan broker feesE
049 - Property sales agents (real estate or personal)E
050 - Real estate management fees (rental agents)E
051 - Real estate title abstract servicesE
052 - Tickertape reporting (financial reporting)E
053 - Barber shops and beauty parlorsE
054 - Carpet and upholstery cleaningE
055 - Dating servicesE
056 - Debt counselingE
057 - Diaper serviceE
058 - Income from funeral servicesE
059 - Fishing and hunting guide servicesE
060 - Garment services (altering & repairing)E
061 - Gift and package wrapping serviceE
062 - Health clubs, tanning parlors, reducing salonsE
063 - Laundry and dry cleaning services, coin-opE
064 - Laundry and dry cleaning services, non-coin opE
065 - Massage servicesE
066 - 900 Number servicesE
067 - Personal instruction (dance, golf, tennis, etc.)E
068 - Shoe repairE
069 - Swimming pool cleaning & maintenanceE
070 - Tax return preparationE
071 - Tuxedo rental6
072 - Water softening and conditioning6
073 - BillboardsE
074 - Radio & television, national advertisingE
075 - Radio & television, local advertisingE
076 - NewspaperE
077 - MagazineE
078 - Advertising agency fees (not ad placement)6
079 - Armored car servicesE
080 - Bail bond feesE
081 - Check & debt collectionE
082 - Commercial art and graphic design.6
083 - Commercial linen supply6
084 - Credit information, credit bureausE
085 - Employment agenciesE
086 - Interior design and decoratingE
087 - Maintenance and janitorial servicesE
088 - Lobbying and consultingE
089 - MarketingE
090 - Packing and cratingE
091 - Exterminating (includes termite services)E
092 - Photocopying services6
093 - Photo finishing6
094 - Printing6
095 - Private investigation (detective) servicesE
096 - Process server feesE
097 - Public relations, management consultingE
098 - Secretarial and court reporting servicesE
099 - Security servicesE
100 - Sign construction and installation6
101 - Telemarketing services on contractE
102 - Telephone answering serviceE
103 - Temporary help agenciesE
104 - Test laboratories (excluding medical)E
105 - Tire recapping and repairingE
106 - Window cleaningE
107 - Software - package or canned program6
108 - Software - modifications to canned programE
109 - Software - custom programs - material6
110 - Software - custom programs - professional serv.E
111 - Internet Service Providers-DialupE
112 - Internet Service Providers-DSL or other broadbandE
113 - Information servicesE
114 - Data processing servicesE
115 - Mainframe computer access and processing serv.E
116 - Online Data processing services NewE
117 - Software - Downloaded New6
118 - Books - Downloaded NewE
119 - Music - Downloaded NewE
120 - Movies/Digital Video - Downloaded NewE
121 - Other Electronic Goods - Downloaded NewE
122 - Automotive washing and waxing.E
123 - Automotive road service and towing servicesE
124 - Auto service. except repairs, incl. painting & lubeE
125 - Parking lots & garagesE
126 - Automotive rustproofing & undercoating.E
127 - Pari-mutuel racing events.E
128 - Amusement park admission & ridesE
129 - Billiard parlorsE
130 - Bowling alleysE
131 - Cable TV servicesE
132 - Direct Satellite TVE
133 - Circuses and fairs -- admission and gamesE
134 - Coin operated video gamesE
135 - Admission to school and college sports eventsE
136 - Membership fees in private clubs.E
137 - Admission to cultural eventsE
138 - Pinball and other mechanical amusementsE
139 - Admission to professional sports eventsE
140 - Rental of films and tapes by theatersE
141 - Rental of video tapes for home viewing6
142 - Accounting and bookkeepingE
143 - ArchitectsE
144 - AttorneysE
145 - DentistsE
146 - EngineersE
147 - Land surveyingE
148 - Medical test laboratoriesE
149 - Nursing services out-of-hospitalE
150 - PhysiciansE
151 - Personal property, short term (generally)6
152 - Personal property, long term (generally)6
153 - Bulldozers, draglines and const. mach., short term6
154 - Bulldozers, draglines and const. mach., long term6
155 - Rental of hand tools to licensed contractors.6
156 - Short term automobile rental6
157 - Long term automobile lease6
158 - Limousine service (with driver)E
159 - Aircraft rental to individual pilots, short term6
160 - Aircraft rental to individual pilots, long term6
161 - Chartered flights (with pilot)E
162 - Hotels, motels, lodging houses6
163 - Trailer parks - overnightE
164 - Custom fabrication laborE
165 - Repair material, generally6
166 - Repair labor, generallyE
167 - Labor charges on repair of aircraftE
168 - Labor charges - repairs to interstate vesselsE
169 - Labor charges - repairs to intrastate vesselsE
170 - Labor - repairs to commercial fishing vesselsE
171 - Labor charges on repairs to railroad rolling stockE
172 - Labor charges on repairs to motor vehiclesE
173 - Labor on radio/TV repairs; other electronic equip.E
174 - Labor charges - repairs other tangible propertyE
175 - Labor - repairs or remodeling of real propertyE
176 - Labor charges on repairs delivered under warrantyE
177 - Service contracts sold at the time of sale of TPP.E
178 - Installation charges by persons selling propertyE
179 - Installation charges - other than seller of goodsE
180 - Custom processing (on customers property)E
181 - Custom meat slaughtering, cutting and wrappingE
182 - Taxidermy6
183 - Welding labor (fabrication and repair)E
184 - Other Services-not listedNo
185 - Other Services-not listed (2)
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