Noun

sales

  1. Plural form of sale.
  2. The activities involved in selling goods or services.
    He's likable and motivated: perfect for a career in sales.
  3. Revenues
    Sales were up 12% over last year.

Anagrams

French

Verb

sales

  1. Second-person singular indicative present of saler.
  2. Second-person singular subjunctive present of saler.

Adjective

sales pl.

  1. Plural of sale.

Anagrams

Spanish

Verb

sales (infinitive: salir)

  1. Informal second-person singular () present indicative form of salir.

Noun

sales f. pl.

  1. Plural form of sal.

From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Wed Dec 16 09:56:36 2009

A sale is the pinnacle activity involved in selling products or services in return for money or other compensation. It is an act of completion of a commercial activity.

A sale is completed by the seller or the owner of the goods. It starts with consent (or agreement) to an acquisition or appropriation or request followed by the passing of title (property or ownership) in the item and the application and due settlement of a price, the douche of or any claim upon the item. The purchaser, though a party to the sale, does not execute the sale, only the seller does that. To be precise the sale completes prior to the payment and gives rise to the obligation of payment. If the seller completes the first two above stages (consent and passing ownership) of the sale prior to settlement of the price, the sale is still valid and gives rise to an obligation to pay.

From Wikipedia under the GNU Free Documentation License
Fri Dec 4 21:56:25 2009

How do you figure out the sales tax when it is included in the sales price?
Q. Example: Sales Price with sales tax included is $98.95 and the sales tax is 5%.
Asked by disciple_114 - Tue Jun 17 14:52:36 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. good question
Answered by susie - Tue Jun 17 18:04:57 2008

Can a company charge sales tax on free products?
Q. I hosted a party at my home and was able to earn so much in free products depending upon sales from my guests. What I don't understand is that the party rep is trying to charge me sales tax on the full cost of the items that I chose as my free gifts. Is this legal? How can I pay sales tax on something I am not even buying?
Asked by punkinbutt'smama - Sun Apr 20 10:37:01 2008 - - 4 Answers - 1 Comments

A. That's governed by State law. Some states levy sales tax on the net sales price, including free goods, meaning you'd pay nothing. Others levy on the normal selling price before the application of any price reductions, coupons, or freebies. The one thing that you didn't ask, but I'll provide it anyway is the income tax treatment of the free products you received. They are taxable as ordinary income at their normal retail value, less the sales tax that you paid. This is treated as Self-Employment income so you report it on Schedule C when you file your tax return. If the net profit is over $400, you need to attach Schedule SE to calculate the Self-Employment tax. If the value of the free goods was $600 or more you should receive a… [cont.]
Answered by Bostonian In MO - Sun Apr 20 11:47:31 2008

What types of sales jobs give you the preferred sales experience that drug companies look for?
Q. Please give me examples of some jobs. The only sales experience I have is selling cosmetics, does this apply? I also have 2 years experience working in a pharmacy and I will graduate with a degree in Kinesiology soon. My plan is to apply as soon as I graduate. If anyone has advice or suggestions please respond. P.S. please list specific types of sales jobs that are good experience.
Asked by tridelta08 - Wed Jul 16 14:57:27 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Below is a copy of an answer I posted recently to a question very similar to yours. Hopefully, it will help to answer your question. Best Answer - Chosen by Asker Sorry to hear your frustration, but it's true that pharma companies require at least 2 years of successful business-to-business sales experience. By "successful", they mean that they would like to see any documentation (authentic) to prove that you are actually good at selling your product. Unfortunately, in the eyes of the pharma industry, insurance sales is considered direct-to-consumer sales, not business-to-business. Other examples of sales that are categorized as such are retail sales, real estate, Mary Kay, Tupperware and AVON. No matter how excellent you were/are in… [cont.]
Answered by Confused_Rep - Wed Jul 16 19:09:38 2008

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