Exactly how long will it take you to set up a process to evaluate and comply with your sales tax obligations? It depends on your business and where you are in your sales tax journey. It could take as little as a month or so or up to six months (or more).

Automated sales tax software promises to manage your filing and payments, but there’s more to sales tax compliance.

You’ve learned what states you have nexus in and you know where your products/services are taxable. Now it’s time to register with the states to collect and remit sales tax. Where to begin?

If you’re a company outside of the United States and you look to start selling into America, congratulations – the U.S. offers you a huge new market. It also offers complex sales tax obligations you may not know about.

Last time, we looked at trailing nexus and a few reasons you might want to cancel your sales tax registration with a state.

“Sourcing” or as we often call it, situsing, is key when you determine sales tax obligations: It refers to the location where a sale is taxed. According to the Sales Tax Institute there may be changes on the horizon– and though the aim appears to lean towards improving life for remote sellers, the changes only seem to make meeting sales tax obligations harder.

Sales tax is more complicated than ever, especially in a post-Wayfair world. And what’s worse is that everyone who says they’re simplifying sales tax is still leaving the hardest parts – and the liability – up to you.  This is especially true when it comes to state registrations. For some reason, many of the software and service providers who claim to manage sales tax for you, don’t help with registrations, and if they do it comes at extra cost.