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Sales Tax Horror Stories: Automation

By Robert Dumas on Thu, Oct 26, 2023 @ 12:06 PM

Sales tax is a major obligation for your business. As with most such obligations, you probably ask, “Can automation help me?”

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax sales tax calculation software
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Sales Tax Horror Stories: Audits

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Oct 24, 2023 @ 12:39 PM

“Scary” has five letters. Know what word in sales tax also has five letters?

“Audit.”

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax sales tax audits
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Sales Tax Horror Stories: Notices

By Robert Dumas on Thu, Oct 19, 2023 @ 12:07 PM

Often as things change in sales tax – and they change often – one constant keeps lurching along. Tax jurisdictions love to send notices, and usually it’s to say “Boo!” and not just “Hi.”

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax
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Sales Tax Horror Stories: M&A

By Robert Dumas on Thu, Oct 12, 2023 @ 11:16 AM

The past two years have seen nearly 46,000 M&As in the United States. It's clear that nothing can boost a business like the right merger or acquisition.

Yet many of these deals tank: as many as 70% to 90%, Harvard Business School has reported. And one thing that can pound a stake through the heart of a promising M&A is unearthing past tax liability during due diligence.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax sales tax audits
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What you need to know: “Origin” vs. “destination” states

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Oct 10, 2023 @ 11:15 AM

Does sales tax get charged based on customer location or purchase location? You know our favorite saying – IT DEPENDS! This question is another one of those conundrums that sales tax likes to throw at businesses and in this blog we’ll be examining just that by looking at “destination-based” or “origin-based” rules for sales and use tax purposes.

Topics: sales tax sales tax filing
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Sales tax processes – beyond software’s promises

By Robert Dumas on Thu, Oct 05, 2023 @ 11:27 AM

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

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax sales tax filing registrations
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What’s new in sales tax?

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Oct 03, 2023 @ 12:39 PM

There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Here’s a review of some of the recent changes and updates.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax sales tax news
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Understanding sales tax permits

By Robert Dumas on Thu, Sep 28, 2023 @ 11:00 AM

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?

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax sales tax filing registrations
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Can an eCommerce platform alone manage sales tax?

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Sep 26, 2023 @ 11:40 AM

The short answer: Maybe not.

Let’s look at a few factors that could make relying solely on an eCommerce tax platform for compliance risky for your company.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax sales tax calculation ecommerce
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Zero-Due Returns: What They Are and When You Have to File Them

By Robert Dumas on Thu, Sep 21, 2023 @ 11:00 AM

Suppose youre registered for sales tax in a jurisdiction because you have established sales tax nexus. For various reasons though, you don’t have any sales tax to remit. You may think that because you haven’t collected any sales tax, you have no return to file.

Topics: sales tax sales tax filing
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Telecom tax and filing complexities

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Sep 19, 2023 @ 02:24 PM

Telecommunications companies face tougher problems than most other businesses when trying to comply with federal, state and local tax and regulatory obligations.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax telecom tax
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Sales tax for subscription-based businesses

By Robert Dumas on Thu, Sep 14, 2023 @ 11:20 AM

Are subscriptions taxable? Depends on what they’re for and where they’re delivered.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax ecommerce exemptions
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Introducing, eConnex, an eCommerce app to alleviate the complexities of filing sales tax returns from Shopify

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Sep 12, 2023 @ 11:26 AM

TaxConnex is excited to announce that we have launched a new app for Shopify users to easily pull data out of Shopify for a better returns filing process. The new app, eConnex, gives Shopify users a simple way to get their sales tax data out of Shopify and upload it into TaxConnex's Client Connexion for easy returns filing.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax Now it's all on us shopify
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Sales tax and nonprofits

By Robert Dumas on Thu, Sep 07, 2023 @ 11:20 AM

Nonprofit organizations are often thought to be exempt from sales taxes, but is that correct?

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax exemptions
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Navigating the Complexities of Sales Tax in the Ever-Changing Landscape of Online Selling (part 2)

By Robert Dumas on Thu, Aug 31, 2023 @ 11:20 AM

Online selling of products and services triggers sales tax obligations today like never before – and has ever since the Supreme Court’s 2018 Wayfair decision unleashed economic nexus on e-commerce merchants nationwide.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax sales tax calculation ecommerce
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Navigating the Complexities of Sales Tax in the Ever-Changing Landscape of Online Selling (part 1)

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Aug 29, 2023 @ 12:16 PM

Online selling of products and services has always been in the vanguard of sales tax obligations. The situation has only gotten more complicated in the five years since the Supreme Court unleashed economic nexus with the Wayfair decision.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax taxability ecommerce manufacturing