Every now and then something comes along that transforms sales tax. The 2018 Wayfair decision was such a milestone. Another was the advent of the likes of marketplace facilitators such as Amazon, Etsy and eBay, among others.
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Hot Topics: Sellers and marketplace facilitators
By Robert Dumas on Tue, Jan 30, 2024 @ 11:24 AM
Topics: sales tax nexus sales tax compliance sales tax economic nexus ecommerce
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Hot Topics: Taxability
By Robert Dumas on Thu, Jan 25, 2024 @ 11:12 AM
Clients often ask us, “How often should we evaluate the taxability of our products?” An annual review should work. Most states change their sales tax rate laws on either Jan. 1 or July 1, by the calendar year or by the fiscal year.
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax taxability sales tax news
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3 additional considerations for SaaS on managing sales tax obligations
By Robert Dumas on Tue, Jan 23, 2024 @ 11:20 AM
Sales and use tax generally applies to the sale or use of tangible personal property and certain services. Since software, and especially Software-as-a-Service, may not be delivered in a tangible form, many technology and software companies have considered themselves exempt from sales and use tax. But this is not always the case. In fact, many states impose sales and use tax on services provided by the technology industry.
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax software SaaS
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Hot Topics: Economic Nexus Thresholds and Reporting Requirements
By Robert Dumas on Thu, Jan 18, 2024 @ 12:08 PM
What’s the latest brewing today in sales tax? A lot, spanning many hot topics – and if you can believe it, not all the news is bad.
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax sales tax news economic nexus
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Complexities of SaaS Taxability
By Robert Dumas on Tue, Jan 16, 2024 @ 11:52 AM
Do you sell software-as-a-service (SaaS)? Then you already have one of the most complicated situations in sales tax.
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax SaaS
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TikTok Shop and sales tax
By Robert Dumas on Thu, Jan 11, 2024 @ 11:35 AM
Business explosions are often followed by money-making opportunities within those businesses. With TikTok, the red-hot display showcase of short videos and influencers with more than a billion monthly active users, that opportunity takes the form of TikTok Shop.
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax shopify tiktok
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The Impacts of Managing Sales and Use Tax Obligations on Financial Professionals – Our 4th Annual Survey Results to be Released
By Robert Dumas on Tue, Jan 09, 2024 @ 11:01 AM
We are excited to announce the completion of our fourth annual sales tax survey.
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax CPA
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2023 in review: The year in sales tax
By Robert Dumas on Thu, Jan 04, 2024 @ 11:00 AM
No year’s ever dull in sales tax, and the pace has only accelerated in the five years since the Supreme Court’s Wayfair decision. In 2023, familiar trends and new issues showed up across the states.
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax
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Estimating Your Sales Tax Exposure
By TaxConnex® on Tue, Jan 02, 2024 @ 11:00 AM
Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to make sure you’re complying with sales tax in 2024?
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax
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2024: What’s coming up in sales tax
By Robert Dumas on Thu, Dec 28, 2023 @ 01:26 PM
The new year will no doubt be another active one in sales tax. Let’s look at a few of the likeliest tax developments.
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax
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How to Correct Previous Non-Compliance with Sales & Use Tax
By TaxConnex® on Thu, Dec 21, 2023 @ 11:00 AM
It’s the end of the year and as we all start to think about our New Year’s resolutions, it’s also a good time to start thinking about correcting any sales tax missteps your business may be facing.
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax audits VDA
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3 Options for Optimizing Your Telecom Product Catalog
By Robert Dumas on Tue, Dec 19, 2023 @ 11:00 AM
This blog is an excerpt from our eBook with The CommLaw Group.
As a communications company, you face some of the most complex tax and regulatory rules of any industry. Whether you run an established business or you’re thinking about entering the VoIP, UCaaS, or other telecom market, it is important to understand your compliance obligations. Just as important … you need to comply while keeping your price competitive.
How do you do this? By optimizing your telecom compliance process!
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax telecom tax
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Services: Taxable or not?
By Robert Dumas on Thu, Dec 14, 2023 @ 11:46 AM
In sales tax calculation, you deal with the “hard” and the “less-hard.”
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax taxability exemptions
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Sales tax ‘responsible party’ laws still going strong
By Robert Dumas on Tue, Dec 12, 2023 @ 11:21 AM
Business truism has it that limited liability corporations and similar entities shield the personal property and assets of their owners and major shareholders from company bills and missteps. That’s true for many of the fiscal messes that can befall a company.
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax sales tax audits
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What’s new in sales tax?
By Robert Dumas on Thu, Dec 07, 2023 @ 11:05 AM
There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Here’s a review of some of the recent 2023 sales tax changes and updates.
Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax sales tax news
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Does sales tax apply to memberships?
By Robert Dumas on Tue, Dec 05, 2023 @ 12:03 PM
Clubs and dues have been around for decades, but the rise of certain memberships – and the ability to sell them over the Internet – have also raised the question of whether there's a sales tax on memberships and dues.