Noun

sales

  1. Plural form of sale.
  2. The activities involved in selling goods or services.
    He's likable and motivated: perfect for a career in sales.
  3. Revenues
    Sales were up 12% over last year.

Anagrams

French

Verb

sales

  1. Second-person singular indicative present of saler.
  2. Second-person singular subjunctive present of saler.

Adjective

sales pl.

  1. Plural of sale.

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

sales (infinitive salir)

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of salir.

Noun

sales f. pl.

  1. Plural form of sal.

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Sat Feb 20 22:16:10 2010

A sale is the pinnacle activity involved in selling products or services in return for money or other compensation. It is an act of completion of a commercial activity.

A sale is completed by the seller or the provider of the goods or services to an acquisition or appropriation or request followed by the passing of title (property or ownership) in the item and the application and due settlement of a price, the douche of or any claim upon the item. The purchaser, though a party to the sale, does not execute the sale, only the seller does that. To be precise the sale completes prior to the payment and gives rise to the obligation of payment. If the seller completes the first two above stages (consent and passing ownership) of the sale prior to settlement of the price, the sale is still valid and gives rise to an obligation to pay.

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Fri Mar 5 09:42:01 2010

How many garage sales are held each week in the United States?
Q. Having trouble locating an accurate figure of how many garage sales are held in the US each week or weekend? Some estimates say 10,000 a week, others say a million.? if there are 106,000,000 households in America what percentage is having a garage sale this week? Are there any states that dont have them? Are you more familiar with the term garage sale or yard sale? Do they mean the same to you?
Asked by Write at Midnight - Sat Jun 7 12:55:06 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. check you local paper and use the number as an average against the population in your town then transfer that% to 106,000,000 garage sale yard sale, the same estate sale now that usually means good stuff
Answered by pescador - Sat Jun 7 12:59:57 2008

Can a company charge sales tax on free products?
Q. I hosted a party at my home and was able to earn so much in free products depending upon sales from my guests. What I don't understand is that the party rep is trying to charge me sales tax on the full cost of the items that I chose as my free gifts. Is this legal? How can I pay sales tax on something I am not even buying?
Asked by punkinbutt'smama - Sun Apr 20 10:37:01 2008 - - 4 Answers - 1 Comments

A. That's governed by State law. Some states levy sales tax on the net sales price, including free goods, meaning you'd pay nothing. Others levy on the normal selling price before the application of any price reductions, coupons, or freebies. The one thing that you didn't ask, but I'll provide it anyway is the income tax treatment of the free products you received. They are taxable as ordinary income at their normal retail value, less the sales tax that you paid. This is treated as Self-Employment income so you report it on Schedule C when you file your tax return. If the net profit is over $400, you need to attach Schedule SE to calculate the Self-Employment tax. If the value of the free goods was $600 or more you should receive a… [cont.]
Answered by Bostonian In MO - Sun Apr 20 11:47:31 2008

Should I credit sales tax on uncollectible receivables?
Q. When calculating sales tax on your sales, is it proper to deduct for uncollectible accounts receivable the way we can on income tax? I'm talking about when the debt has already been written off.
Asked by robertspraguejr - Wed Dec 5 15:54:36 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. In my state, California, the tax is the tax rate times the amount collected so TR times zero = zero.
Answered by wartz - Wed Dec 5 17:39:00 2007

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Auto Sales Up 10% Over Last Year, That Isn't Saying Much - GLG News
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