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                    Form 850 — Instructions
                    Sales and Use Tax Return

General. Returns are due by the 20th of the       •  Sales originating outside Idaho with an Idaho 
month following the reporting period covered.       destination
Each return shows the period covered and the      •  Sales of labor and tangible personal property
due date. You must file a signed return for each 
                                                  •  Barter transactions
filing period even when no tax is due.
                                                  Total sales don’t include:
Electronic filing. You can file your return,      •  Lodging sales reported for you by 
make changes to your account, and cancel            Short-Term Rental Marketplaces
your permit online at tax.idaho.gov/gototap.
                                                  •  Sales reported for you by Marketplace 
Change in operation/ownership. You must             Facilitators
notify the Tax Commission of any of the 
                                                  Nontaxable sales. Enter the amount of all 
following:
                                                  nontaxable sales for the period.  
Changes in partners or officers
                                                  Sales that are nontaxable include:
•  Restructuring of ownership
                                                  •  Sales shipped or delivered outside of Idaho
•  Address changes
                                                  •  Sales made to exempt entities
•  New or additional locations
                                                  •  Wholesale sales 
Report these changes at tax.idaho.gov/ibr or 
                                                  •  Repair labor
by mailing us a completed Form IBR-1, Idaho 
Business Registration.                            Items subject to use tax. Idaho imposes a use 
                                                  tax on the storage, use, or other consumption of 
New owner. If you’re a new owner of a 
                                                  tangible personal property in Idaho that you didn’t 
business, don’t file a return addressed to 
                                                  pay sales tax on. Enter the cost of the items you 
the former owner. Permits aren’t transferable. 
                                                  bought during this period, including items you 
Apply for a new permit at tax.idaho.gov/ibr 
                                                  withdrew from your resale inventory for use by 
or by mailing us a completed Form IBR-1. 
                                                  your business.
Contact us with questions.
                                                  Adjustments. Use this line to claim an 
Change of mailing address. Check the 
                                                  adjustment. You must provide a letter explaining 
“Mailing Address Change” box on your tax 
                                                  the adjustments. Adjustments claimed are subject 
return and provide the new address.
                                                  to approval.
Cancel permit. If this is your last return, check 
                                                  Penalties. You may owe a penalty if you:
the “Cancel Permit” box on your tax return and 
provide the date the business closed.             •  File a return by the due date but don’t pay all 
                                                    of the tax you owe (0.5% of the tax per month 
Total sales. Report the total sales made within     to a maximum of 25%)
the reporting period. This includes all cash      Don’t file a tax return by the due date (5% of 
and credit sales, even if you haven’t received      the tax per month to a maximum of 25%)
payment.
                                                  Note: You owe the entire month of penalty 
Total sales include all wholesale and retail      even if your payment or return is only one day 
sales in any of the following categories:         late. The minimum penalty is $10.
•  Sales originating in Idaho with an Idaho 
                                                  Interest. Interest accrues on overdue tax from 
  destination
                                                  the original due date of the return until you pay 
•  Sales originating in Idaho with an             the tax. 
  out-of-state destination

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                                                                           Form 850 — Instructions    (continued)

Rates are as follows:                            Payments $100,000 or more. Idaho law 
01/01/2023  –  12/31/2023, 5% per year           requires you to use ACH Debit or ACH Credit.
01/01/2022  –  12/31/2022, 3% per year
01/01/2021  –  12/31/2021, 2% per year           Pay by check. Make your check or money 
01/01/2020  –  12/31/2020, 4% per year           order payable to the Idaho State Tax 
                                                 Commission and include it with your return.
Payments. We apply payments in this order:
                                                 Mail paper returns and payments to:  
1. Bad check fees
                                                          Idaho State Tax Commission
2. Interest
                                                          PO Box 76
3. Tax                                                    Boise ID  83707-0076
4. Penalty

Pay electronically. How you can pay 
electronically using one of these options:
•  ACH Debit
•  ACH Credit
•  Credit card
•  Debit card
•  E-check 
You can access payment options at 
tax.idaho.gov/epay.
Note: If you pay electronically and file a paper 
return, note at the top of the return which one 
you used.

                                          Contact us:
                      In the Boise area: (208) 334-7660  |Toll free: (800) 972-7660
                             Hearing impaired (TDD) (800) 377-3529
                                         tax.idaho.gov/contact
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