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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
New sales tax collection requirements for remote sellers and marketplace providers take effect October 1, 2019, in more than a dozen states — including Texas, the second most populous state in the nation. In fact, it’s getting hard to sell Continue reading Multi-State – Remote Sellers and Marketplaces: Are You Ready to Collect Sales Tax on October 1, 2019?
Avoiding sales taxes by shopping online is going to get a lot tougher next week. The Texas Legislature fixed a loophole in the last session that dates back to the days when interstate commerce by regular folks was not a Continue reading TEXAS – The Days Of Escaping Sales Taxes By Shopping Online Are Over In Texas And Most States
New sales tax collection requirements for remote sellers and marketplace providers take effect October 1, 2019, in more than a dozen states — including Texas, the second most populous state in the nation. In fact, it’s getting hard to sell Continue reading MULTI STATE – Remote Sellers And Marketplaces: Are You Ready To Collect Sales Tax On October 1, 2019?
As of last year, companies may be required to collect sales and use tax, even without physical nexus in a state, if it conducts a certain amount of business there.R Make sure you have a process in place to meet Continue reading MULTI STATE – Meeting New Economic Nexus Tax Collection Obligation
With wealth inequality rising the case for raising revenue via a consumption tax is compelling Is it time for the US to consider switching from income tax to a progressive consumption tax as a way of addressing growing wealth inequality? Continue reading Multi-State – Is It Time To Switch Income Tax With A Sales Tax?
The only certainties in life, the saying goes, are death and taxes. We’ll underscore the certainty of the latter — taxes — for eCommerce firms and sales taxes, especially. Although taxes may be certain — just how much tax is due, and where, Continue reading Multi-State – Trending: Merchants Struggle With The (Un)Certainty Of eCommerce Sales Taxes
Last year, you saw sales and use tax became increasingly complex with major taxability changes and more state-by-state rules. And that trend is only going to continue into this year. So say the tax experts at Avalara who just released the new 2019 Sales Continue reading Multi-State – Sales And Use Tax Compliance: What To Expect In 2019
In July, three more states passed marketplace facilitator laws that will impact sales tax on eBay and other marketplaces. Marketplace facilitator sales tax laws place the requirement to collect sales tax on marketplaces instead of individual sellers. For those sellers Continue reading Multi-State – eBay Forced To Collect Sales Tax In More States In 2019