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Defining tech products for tax and regulatory compliance – part 2, technology overlap

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Oct 29, 2024 @ 11:00 AM

Previously, we gave an overview of how IT and telecom companies have special challenges regarding sales tax and regulatory compliance because of what such companies sell.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax telecom tax software SaaS exemptions
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Industries with Complex Sales Tax Compliance

By Robert Dumas on Thu, Oct 03, 2024 @ 02:10 PM

Navigating sales tax compliance in complex organizations can be a challenge, influenced by various factors. Industries like telecommunications, hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, and technology face unique complexities when it comes to sales and use tax compliance. In this blog we discuss some of the reasons why these particular industries can be a bit more challenging than others.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax telecom tax software SaaS
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Defining tech products and services for tax and regulatory compliance – part 1

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Oct 01, 2024 @ 11:30 AM

Information technology companies face a special challenge in sales tax and regulatory compliance, chiefly because of what you sell and how you sell it.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax telecom tax software SaaS exemptions
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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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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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Sales tax challenges of software and tech companies

By Robert Dumas on Thu, Apr 06, 2023 @ 11:11 AM

The 2018 Supreme Court Wayfair decision gave us a bright line standard for determining sales tax nexus: Generate a set amount of revenue in a state in a set amount of time and your company has to collect and remit the applicable sales tax. Seems clear. However, companies still must deal with the ambiguous physical presence standards as well as the varying taxability rules from state to state.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax software SaaS
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The Evolving Rules of SaaS taxable states

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Apr 05, 2022 @ 11:00 AM

Tangible personal property has historically been subject to the collection and remittance of sales tax while many services have been non-taxable (or exempt). More and more services are becoming taxable and represent a potential big wave of tax changes and updates in the years ahead.

Topics: sales tax compliance taxability SaaS
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Software, SaaS and Sales Tax

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Feb 22, 2022 @ 11:15 AM

If your business sells software or software-as-a-service (SaaS), you deal with one of the most complex sales tax situations, potentially without even realizing it.

Topics: sales tax taxability software SaaS