when purchasing things wholesale should you charge taxes...?

Question

when you resale them? why or why not?

Answer 1

When you make a purchase using your resale license (wholesale) you avoid the sales tax but must charge sales tax when you sell it unless you are also selling it to someone who has a resale license on file with you. As sales tax is a state issue the rules are a little different depending on the state but this is the general idea.

Answer 2

If you are purchasing taxable items for resale, you should have a resellers license from your state. You wouldn't pay tax on the purchase, but would charge tax on the resale. Basically it gets taxed once, to the ultimate user.