Sales tax (on lawn care)
Legal & tax
In plain English
About half of US states tax lawn care services. Of those, some tax mowing only, some tax full landscape services, some carve out residential vs commercial. Get this wrong and you owe back taxes plus penalties.
Why it matters for lawn care operators
A solo operator doing $80K of taxable services in a 6% state owes $4,800/year in sales tax. If you weren't collecting it from customers, that comes out of your pocket on audit.