Our small business online advice columnist. CCH Online Store Books on small business topics. Free E-mail Newsletter Monthly updates on developments affecting small businesses. In West Virginia the sales tax is referred to as the general consumers sales and service tax. The West Virginia tax is imposed on the privilege of selling tangible personal property or rendering certain selected services.
Most services are taxable except for the furnishing of professional or personal services.
Sales and use tax rate. The West Virginia sales and use tax rates are 6 percent. You'll want to check and see if you are exempt from the sales tax. Responsibility for paying sales tax. In West Virginia the state imposes upon vendors the duty to collect sales tax from purchasers and to pay the collected tax to the Tax Commissioner.