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Re: We are a small Indian Company just starting an e store of Indian handicrafts & silver jewelry. Mar 26, 2008 6:53 PM
Naveen,
Hopefully it isn't too late to respond here.
This is a totally typical situation and your fulfillment company should have guided you.
1) you need a US Tax ID to land product into the US. It is very simple, even if your fulfillment house was going to pay it, they are likely not the importer of record.
http://help.shipwire.com/non-us-importing
-into-us/
2) Your payment system should send an order to the warehouse once you've approved the order. It doesn't matter where the money goes. Maybe try paypal at first, that is how a lot of our customers send us orders.
3) For tax in the state it may come down to whether you leased the warehouse space to create a "Nexus" for tax. Consider not leasing a warehouse space and getting your warehouse as a service. This means you probably don't have a local nexus where the warehouse is...kind of like outsourcing a call center.
Again your fulfillment house probably should have guided you to the tax ID.
Cheers
Nate at shipwire.com
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