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George Isaacson has been watching the results of South Dakota v. Wayfair play out for nearly two years, as states unfurl all kinds of economic nexus and marketplace facilitator policies. Isaacson, a lawyer, Bowdoin College professor, senior partner at Brann & Isaacson and Data Continue reading Multi-State – The Economic Case For Remote Sales Tax Uniformity
Key Findings The medical device tax, part of the Affordable Care Act, is a 2.3 percent excise tax on the price of taxable medical devices sold in the United States. The tax has been suspended since 2016, but the current Continue reading Multi-State – Why the Medical Device Tax Should Be Repealed
The last few years have brought major improvements in how states enforce their sales tax laws on purchases made over the Internet. Less than a decade ago, e-retailers almost never collected the sales taxes owed by their customers. The result was a Continue reading Multi-State – A Lump Of Coal For 12 States Not Collecting Marketplace Sales Taxes This Holiday Season
FedEx CEO called The New York Times story “distorted and factually incorrect.” The CEO of FedEx challenged The New York Times’ publisher A.G. Sulzberger to a debate after the paper ran a story titled “How FedEx Cut Its Tax Bill to $0” on Sunday. “I Continue reading Multi-State – FedEx CEO Dares New York Times Publisher To Debate $0 Tax Bill Story
International tax authorities have their eyes on the holiday shopping calendar as an opportunity to extend their tax net on eCommerce retailers. Biggest shopping days of the year in EU and US Retailers will usually generate more sales in Q4 Continue reading Multi-State – Black Friday and Cyber Monday Can Push Sellers Into New Tax Liabilities
The House Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to consider a bill on Wednesday that would impose a tax on the nicotine used in vaping, Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) announced Monday. The panel will mark up a bipartisan bill introduced by Reps. Tom Suozzi Continue reading Multi-State – House Panel To Consider Vaping Tax Bill This Week
eBay is advising international sellers that sales to states in the US that have marketplace facilitator sales tax laws will have the tax added to them. The company is also clarifying how this will appear in the Seller Hub to Continue reading Multi-State – eBay Advises International Sellers of US Sales Tax Changes
At least six states and the City of Brotherly Love have broadened their corporate income tax systems to include standards based on the level of economic activity a company has in their locales—and local governments are just getting started. “I Continue reading Multi-State – State Of Wayfair: More States Widening Corporate Income Tax Pool
Just everyone knows about the “Amazon tax,” which allows sales taxes to be collected on purchases over the internet from companies like Amazon. But now, states are taking this one step farther, imposing “marketplace” and “remote seller” taxes that allow Continue reading MULTI STATE – More States Enacting Internet Sales Taxes
If you made a purchase on the internet yesterday, you might have noticed something different: sales tax. Changes in sales tax compliance laws for remote sellers and marketplace facilitators in more than a dozen states kicked in beginning October 1, Continue reading Multi-State – New Sales Tax Rules Take Effect This Week In More Than A Dozen States