Melanie operates mel’s bakery in foxboro, massachusetts, and has retail stores in connecticut, maine, massachusetts, new hampshire, and rhode island. mel’s also ships specialty breads nationwide upon request.

a. determine mel’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.)
b. the connecticut retail stores have $432,000 in sales ($320,000 from in-store sales and $112,000 from catering) and $14,000 in delivery charges for catering activities.
c. connecticut sales tax is 6 percent and excludes food and bakery products but taxes prepared meals (catering).
d. connecticut also imposes sales tax on delivery charges on taxable sales.