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Automation’s place in compliance

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Mar 12, 2024 @ 11:00 AM

Since the first adding machine showed up on counters to help shopkeepers tack on the correct sales tax, automation has been part of compliance. Now the buttons and the lever have given way to behind-the-scenes software and automatic functionality.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax sales tax calculation software
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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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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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Charging sales tax based on an IP address

By Robert Dumas on Thu, May 04, 2023 @ 12:11 PM

When your customers shop with you online, they provide a physical billing or shipping address. Whether they know it or not, they also give you another bit of location information: an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

Topics: sales tax compliance sales tax software economic nexus
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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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App Purchases | Sales and Use Tax On Apps | TaxConnex

By Robert Dumas on Tue, Aug 30, 2022 @ 02:10 PM

Many tech companies consider themselves a service provider exempt from sales and use tax. But the 2018 Wayfair decision expanded the definition of nexus and and more of these businesses are now subject to sales and use tax collection, including on one of their product staples: apps.

Topics: sales tax taxability software
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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