If I collect sales tax from customers, must I report it to Amorino?

According to Amorino's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if you collect sales tax from customers, you must report it to Amorino. This includes sales tax, as well as federal, state, county, or city taxes, excise tax, or other similar tax collected from customers that you owe to governmental entities. However, while you must report these taxes to Amorino, they are excluded from your Gross Revenue when calculating royalty fees. This means that while you act as a collection agent for these taxes, you don't pay a percentage of them to Amorino as part of your royalty obligations.

In addition to taxes, the 2025 FDD specifies other items that can be deducted from Gross Revenue. These include the selling price of returned goods, items returned to their source for credit, amounts received on claims for loss or damage (excluding business interruption insurance claims), sales of equipment, transfers of merchandise between Amorino facilities, and gift certificates until they are redeemed. These deductions all serve to reduce the revenue on which Amorino calculates its royalty fee.

Amorino also outlines your responsibility to pay all taxes related to the Franchised Business. This includes sales taxes, use taxes, personal property taxes, real property taxes, and excise taxes. You are expected to pay these taxes promptly when due to the appropriate tax authority. Amorino may elect to collect taxes from you and pay them over to the taxing authority, but unless Amorino makes that election, it remains your responsibility to handle these payments directly.