Melanie operetes Mel's Bakery in Foxboro, Massachusetts, and has retall stores in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts. New Hampshire, and Rhode island. Mel's Bakery also ships specialty breads nationwide upon request Determine Mel's Bakery's sales tax collection responsibility and calculate the sales tax liablity for Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode island, and Texas, based on the following information: (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.) Problem 23-30 Part a (Algo) a. The Massachusetts stores carn $595,000 in sales. Massachusetts's sales tax rate is 5 percent assume it exempts food items including bakery goods. Melanie operates Mei's Bakery in Foxboro, Massachusetts, and has retail stores in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Mel's Bakery also ships specialty breads nationwide upon request. Determine Mel's Bakery's sales tax collection responsibility and calculate the sales tax liability for Massachusetts. Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Texas, based on the following information: (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.) Problem 23-30 Part b (Algo) . The Connecticut retall stores have $476,000 in sales ($347,500 from in-store sales and $128,500 from catering) and $19,500 in delivery charges for catering activities. Connecticut sales tax is 6 percent and excludes food products but taxes prepared meals catering). Connecticut also imposes sales tax on dellvery charges on taxable sales. Meianie operates Mel's Bakery in Foxboro, Massachusetts, and has retail stores in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Mel's Bakery also ships specialty breads nationwide upon request. Determine Mel's Bakery's sales tax collection responsibility and calculate the sales tax liability for Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Texas, based on the following information: (Leave no answer blank, Enter zero if applicable.) roblem 23-30 Part c (Algo) Mers Bakery's Maine retall store has $326,000 of sales ( $257,000 for take-out and $69,000 of in-store sales). Maine has a 5 percent les tox rate and a 7 percent sales tax rate on prepared food; it exempts other food purchases such as take-out purchases. Melanie operates Mel's Bakery in Foxboro, Massochusetts, and has retall stores in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts. New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Mer's Bakery also ships specialty breads nationwide upon request. Determine Mel's Bakery's sales tax collection responsibility and calculate the sales tax llability for Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Now Hampshire, Rhode island, and Texas, based on the following information: (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.) Problem 23-30 Part d (Algo) d. The Now Hampshire retail stores have $278,500 in sales. New Hampshire is one of five states with no sales tax. However, it has a toom and meals tax rate of 8 percent New Hampshire considers any food or beverage served by a restaurant for consumption on or off the premises to be a meal. (Note: Sales and use taxes are excise taxes levied on the sale or use of tanglble personal property within a state regardless of what they are called.) Melanle operates Mel's Bakery in Foxboro, Massachusetts, and has retail stores in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, Mel's Bakery also ships specialty breads nationwide upon request. Determine Mel's Bakery's sales tax collection responsibility and calculate the sales tax liablity for Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Texas, based on the following information: (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.) Problem 23-30 Part e (Algo) e. Mel's Bakery's Rhode lsland stores earn $328,500 in sales. The Rhode lsland sales tax rate is 7 percent and its restaurant surtax is 1 percent. Rhode isiand considers Mel's Bakery to be a restaurant because its retal store has seating. Melanie operates Mef's Bakery in Foxboro, Massachusetts, and has retail stores in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts. New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. Mel's Bakery also ships specialty breads nationwide upon request. Determine Mel's Bakery's sales tax collection responsibility and calculate the sales tax liability for Massachusetts. Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Texas, based on the following information: (Leave no answer blank. Enter zero if applicable.) roblem 23-30 Part f( Algo) One of Mel's Bakery's best customers relocated to Texas, which imposes an 8.25 percent state and local sales tax rate but exempts kery products. This customer entertains guests regularly and made 10 orders totaling $16,900 of food items this yeat. Assume Texas lly has a sales threshold of $500,000 to establish an economic nexus