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Q.1. Do you need a License to provide consultation services for seo?
I know there are licenses for certain occupations that provide some *consultation type of business*, but as far as seo, i'm not sure. I researched this and didn't find anything.
Q.2. Do any of you that *run a business and offer seo* have a license of of some sort to provide seo to your clients websites?
Or can anyone just provide the service?
Thanks for your help fellas. I appreciate your help:)
Hope to hear from you soon:)
frenzy
Matt
I needed to know so i could abide the the laws and regulations of the state, etc. I did research the subject and could not find a thing about seo. So i thought i'd ask here.
Thanks again:)
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I have a couple questions. Hope you don't mind:)
Well....
Hey guys, i was thinking about offering seo reporting for the clients sites. It would be an analysis of their site on "Paper".
Q.1. So i was wondering, if i offered a seo report for a "fee" would that be considered a "product" and would i need to collect a sales tax and report it in the taxes at the end of the year?
Q.2. Do any of you provide an "seo analysis" on "paper" for a fee and do you report sales tax on it? (If that report is taxable.)
(Would that report have a sales tax?)
I'm unclear on this....
Well, i don't think that the report would have taxes but that's just my opinion. I researched and i have seen sites that offer reports of websites for a fee. So i thought maybe i could analyze their site and offer one aswell for a fee.
Well, Thanks again guys for the help. I really appreciate you guys taking the time to answer:)
frenzy
I do photography for advertising agencies, but I don't charge them sales tax, as they're not the end users. The ad agencies charge their clients--the end users--the sales tax.
Unless you're doing SEO work or consulting for a company that's acting as the middleman for the end user, you need to charge your clients sales tax.
Q.1. But is a seo report analysis considered "a product" that will have a sales tax to report at tax time? Since it is a paper based item. It seems More like a service to the consumer and not a product. Will it be reported at tax time?
2. Do any seo's offer this and what do you guys do?
*The business i will run is my own home based biz and only operated by myself. I will be providing seo services to clients. Reports, etc.
Thanks again dickbaker for your help:)
And thank you to all that participate in helping with this discussion:)
frenzy
Your time and knowledge are your product, and are thus taxable if you're dealing with the end user of that product.
Don't try to play games with the tax man. The government never runs out of money or time.
I was just a little confused because someone told me that if i had a consulting type of business, it was not taxable somehow.
And thus i thought that the report would be not taxable since it may be part of the consult. Well, Thank you again very much for your help dickbaker. :) I really appreciate your help:)
frenzy
Your time and knowledge are your product, and are thus taxable if you're dealing with the end user of that product.
No, non-tangible products are non-taxable if I'm not mistaken.
Consulting services are non-taxable.
If you are delivering a "tangible product" and that term is used loosely, then taxation may be applicable.
Matt
His answer was, "it depends."
"Depends upon what?"
"Upon which Department of Revenue agent you talk to."
Then again, this is Wisconsin, where everything is taxed. For example, unflavored water is not subject to sales tax, but flavored water is taxable.
So, frenzy77, perhaps you should talk to an accountant.
Check with an accountant.
can anyone just provide the service?
There's no licence or professional membership for seo services specifically.
Of course you'll be subject to your local laws re registering a business, paying tax etc, but that'll be different depending what country you're in - you haven't said where in the world you are.
Best wishes.
Thanks again fellas:)
frenzy
I ask because i have been researching how to pay the taxes and i am a little lost as far as how to set it all up. I went to the gov site and when i finally find an answer, there's another form that is necessary to file.
Such as a 8300 when you get paid an amount that goes over a certain amount.
Q.1. >Will an accountant be able to help me out with setting up what i will need to file every few months and if i will need to use the 8300?(Do any of you guys use that in your seo biz and do you need to file it every time you get a payment like that?)
Thanks guys for all your help:)
I really do appreciate all the advice.
frenzy
