Iowa Admin. Code r. 701-207.6

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, December 11, 2024

Rule 701-207.6 - Remote sellers-registration and collection obligations

(1)Combined Iowa sales from all sources. The sum of the total amount of Iowa sales through marketplace and nonmarketplace Iowa sales determines whether remote sellers meet the sales threshold.

(2)Remote sellers with Iowa sales solely through marketplaces. If a remote seller meets the sales threshold but only makes retail sales in Iowa through marketplaces, the remote seller's registration and collection obligations depend on whether all of the marketplace facilitators through which the remote seller makes Iowa sales are registered to collect Iowa sales tax and applicable local option tax.

a.Registered marketplace facilitators. If all the marketplace facilitators used by the remote seller to make taxable Iowa sales collect Iowa sales tax and applicable local option sales tax, the remote seller does not have to collect the tax. The marketplace facilitator will report and pay Iowa sales tax and applicable local option sales tax on a sales tax return filed by the marketplace facilitator.

EXAMPLE: Seller X has $200,000 in gross revenue from Iowa sales. Seller X makes all of its Iowa sales through a marketplace facilitator that collects Iowa sales tax and applicable local option sales tax on sales. Seller X does not need to register for an Iowa sales tax permit or file an Iowa sales tax return. The marketplace facilitator will report the Iowa sales tax and applicable local option sales tax on the marketplace facilitator's Iowa sales tax return.

b.Nonregistered marketplace facilitators. If a marketplace facilitator is not required to or fails to register and collect tax in Iowa, remote sellers who exceed the sales threshold must obtain an Iowa sales tax permit, collect Iowa sales tax and applicable local option sales tax, and file Iowa sales tax returns for sales made on that marketplace.

EXAMPLE: Seller X has $200,000 in gross revenue from Iowa sales. Seller X has $2,000 in gross revenue from sales on Marketplace Y and $198,000 in gross revenue from sales on Marketplace Z. Marketplace Y meets the sales threshold and is registered to collect and remit Iowa sales tax and applicable local option sales tax in Iowa. Marketplace Z, however, has very few low-cost Iowa sales, meets neither the gross revenue nor volume of sales threshold, and is therefore not required to and does not collect tax on Iowa sales. Seller X must collect Iowa sales tax and applicable local option sales tax on retail sales sourced to Iowa that are made on Marketplace Z.

(3)Remote sellers making both marketplace and nonmarketplace sales. A remote seller that exceeds the sales threshold and makes nonmarketplace Iowa sales, such as through the remote seller's own website, must obtain an Iowa sales tax permit. The remote seller must report on its Iowa sales tax return its gross revenue from all Iowa sales. The remote seller would be able to deduct the amount of gross sales made through any marketplaces registered to collect tax in Iowa on the remote seller's sales tax return. A remote seller making Iowa sales through a marketplace operated by an unregistered marketplace facilitator must collect and remit Iowa sales tax and applicable local option sales tax on those sales.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 701-207.6

ARC 7621C, IAB 2/7/24, effective 3/13/24