Instructions For Report Preparation And Exemption Worksheet - Georgia Department Of Revenue Page 2

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for current month (Line 20), minus credit
SCHEDULE OF TOTAL SALES
DISTRIBUTION SCHEDULE
memorandum (Line 21).
AND USE EXEMPTIONS
PART IV
PART II
Enter the total tax for each county by tax type.
If making payment through Electronic Funds
Enter the total sales and use for each tax type.
The distribution schedule on the back of the
Transfer, check the EFT Filer Box. Any
The total sales and use exemptions are
report form provides 12 areas for the reporting of
dealer making payment through Electronic
transferred from your exemption worksheet. The
county taxes. Please enter the county code and
Funds Transfer is requested to mail the
exemption worksheet is not required to be
name using the county rate chart in the indicated
return using the special self-addressed
submitted with the return but must be retained for
areas on the distribution schedule. Use of
envelopes which are furnished on an annual
audit purposes.
supplemental distribution schedule for all 159
basis.
counties is required if distributing to more than 12
PART III
counties. The grand total for each tax type must
Original returns that are filed incorrectly
The return must be signed and dated before
balance with the tax amount for each tax type on
have to be corrected by filing an
mailing with your remittance, if applicable, in the
the front of the return. County tax distribution is
sales and use tax return and checking the
self –addressed envelope.
required to be completed for each collected tax.
amended box on the front of the return. The
amended return should be a full and
complete return for the month you are
amending, and be accompanied by a written
explanation stating the reason(s) why it is
being filed.
EXEMPTION WORKSHEET
The exemption worksheet is not required to be submitted with the return.
Total exemptions must be entered on the front of the return for each applicable tax type.
Line 1.
Enter all sales for resale and/or further processing, including motor fuel sales made for resale. Dealers purchasing property to
be resold must furnish the seller with a valid Certificate of Exemption.
Line 2.
Enter exempt sales to the Federal Government including sales of motor fuel. Purchases made by the Federal Government must
be supported with official purchase orders and a completed Certificate of Exemption, Form ST-5.
Line 3.
Enter exempt sales to the State of Georgia, c ounties, and municipalities thereof. The sales of gasoline and motor fuel for over
the road purposes to the State of Georgia, counties, and municipalities thereof are subject to the 2nd Motor Fuel tax.
Line 4.
Enter sales in bona fide interstate commerce. Sales of tangible personal property shipped or delivered by the seller outside
Georgia are sales in bona fide interstate commerce.
Line 5.
Enter sales and use that are not subject to 1% Motor Fuel, 2nd Motor Fuel, MARTA, Local Option, Towns County 2nd Local
Option, Special Purpose, Educational or Homestead Tax.
Line 6.
Enter the cost price of all tangible personal property purchased, rented, furnished, fabricated, or imported on which sales tax
was paid to the supplier(s) and /or lessor(s).
Line 7.
Enter taxable sales of all gasoline and/ or motor fuel purchased for on the highway use in the State column. Do not include the
State Excise Tax on taxable sales of gasoline or other motor fuel sales or sales to the Federal Government or State of Georgia,
counties, and municipalities claimed on lines 2 and 3 of the exemption worksheet.
Line 8.
Enter the State Motor Fuel Excise tax on all taxable gasoline and other motor fuels for highway use.
Line 9.
Enter the applicable exemption percentage of eligible food and b everage sales. Effective October 1, 1998 the applicable
percentage for State Tax is 100 percent. Additionally, the Homestead Tax on July 1, 1997, the Taliaferro County Local Option
Tax on October 1, 1998, and the Webster County Local Option Tax on January 1, 1999 is 100 percent. All other local county
taxes do not apply to the exemption
Line 10. Enter the total of all other exempt sales authorized by law.
Totals. Enter the total of all exemptions for each tax type in the total of sales and use tax exemptions on the front of the return.
MASTER INSERTS
Any dealer with 4 or more locations is required to report on a consolidated sales and use tax report form (ST-3). Consolidated reporting
requires each individual location to be reported on a master insert declaring total gross motor fuel and non-motor fuel sales and use,
total tax due by tax type, and the calculation of vendor’s compensation by location. Failure to submit the master insert to the State may
result in the total loss of vendor’s compensation.
For your convenience in obtaining assistance in form preparation, general tax information, or forms, below is a list of phone numbers
for taxpayer assistance and local regional offices.
Taxpayer Assist.
(404) 656-4071
Columbus
(706) 649-7451
Morrow
(770) 960-2000
Albany
(912) 430-4241
Morrow
(770) 960-2000
Rome
(706) 295-6667
Athens
(706) 542-6058
Lithia Springs
(770) 732-5812
Savannah
(912) 356-2140
Augusta
(706) 737-1870
Macon
(912) 751-6014
Tucker
(770) 724-6500
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE WEBSITE
FORMS FACSIMILE INFORMATION
TELEPHONE NUMBER - (404) 656-4293

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