How do you tell the difference??
Kim, I'm not trying to pick on you as an individual, but your previous statements are a good reason why some of us take offense of the philosophy expressed on these boards.
To quote you, "if you start allowing discounts & tax exemptions, you are opening a can of worms. Best that other florists calling your shop with a CC, give the order just as a customer would with no special treatment."
The reason there is so much flack from posts like this is that many florists don't want to follow ANY rules other then the rules they make for themselves. First of all, the tax codes in Calif for florist to florist orders are no diffierent than YOUR tax code in New Mexico or in Illinois or Michigan or Florida or New Youk or Arizona or any the US states that have a sales tax. Each and every one of these states has a portion of their code dedicated to florist to florist sending of orders and in ALL cases, the SENDING florist is ALWAYS responsible for collection and payment of sales tax and NOT the receiving florist. You have either been misinformed or lied to if anyone has led you to believe differently. In fact your state tax code relieves you of sales tax responsibility once you realize you are dealing with another florist because this kind of transaction is NOT tax exempt!
As for the discount situation, I think that is up entirely to the receiving florist. What is so silly about this whole subject is if a florist calls another florist and gives them a six digit number identifing themselves as another florist <on your team> florists are willing to extend 27-28 percent discount with no questions asked and when another florists calls and gives you a 8 digit number <certificate of registration in Ill> florists are now talking about discounts, exemptions and overcharging cc to add sales tax. In fact many florists are now committing fraud by overcharging the CC. Can you imagine what would happen if the WS started allowing the receiving florists to automatically charge whatever they wanted to on incoming orders and the sending florist wouldn't find out about it until the statement arrived?
