First decide on a business structure Alaska as a Sole Proprietor, LLC/Corp, or Partnership.

Selling/Leasing or if wanting to buy or sell Alaska merchandise, food, equipment wholesale requires a Seller's Permit.

All AK Businesses Using a DBA doing business as name need a DBA Fictitious Business Name

Hiring AK Workers Requires a Federal EIN and a State Tax Number EIN

As of January 1, 2020,The Alaska (AK) statewide Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) rate is currently 0% but in Ketchikan and Wasilla cities, the rate is 2.50% Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) .

  As opposed to state Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) ,  Alaska (AK) Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) are levied in the city and or county tax that is about 7% to 8% in most cases, and they average 1.76% percent. For example, the Ketchikan tax rate is (6.5%), on the other hand, the Juneau City And Borough Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) rate is 5%.

As of January 1, 2019, 5 states (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon) do not levy a Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) , while California has the highest state Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) rate at 7.5% (the territory of Puerto Rico has a higher 10.5% commonwealth tax that will be replaced by a value added tax in April 2016). In some states, counties and cities impose additional Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) es, and total Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) es can be over 11%.

Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) es, including those imposed by local governments, are generally administered at the state level.

States imposing Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) either impose the tax on retail sellers or impose it on retail buyers and require sellers to collect it.

In either case, the seller files returns and remit the tax to the state. In states where the tax is on the seller, it is customary for the seller to demand reimbursement from the buyer.

Procedural rules vary widely. Sellers generally must collect tax from in-state purchasers unless the purchaser provides an exemption certificate. Most states allow or require electronic remittance.

There is no state Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) in Alaska; however, local governments – which include boroughs, the Alaska equivalent of counties, and municipalities – may levy up to 7.5 percent.

As of January 2009, 108 boroughs and municipalities of them do so. Municipal Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) es are collected in addition to borough Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) es, if any.

Regulations and exemptions vary widely across the state. The two largest cities, Anchorage and Fairbanks, do not charge a local Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) .  The state capital, Juneau, has a 5 percent Sales Tax (get Seller's Permit) rate.   FAQs