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Dec 7, 2018 | Press Release **Kuster has pushed for legislation to protect small businesses from an online sales tax** (Washington, DC) – Today, Congresswoman Annie Kuster (NH-02) has brought together both Democrats and Republicans to call for a one-year moratorium Continue reading Multi-State – Kuster Leads Bipartisan Call To Prevent Online Sales Tax For Small Businesses
The impacts of the Supreme Court decision are now being felt by ecommerce sellers — just in time for Black Friday. South Dakota is known for Mount Rushmore, the Black Hills and — since June — shaking ecommerce Continue reading Multi-State – Online Retailers Are Now Tax Collectors
7NEW YORK (Reuters) – Illinois, the U.S. state with the lowest credit rating on Wall Street, has often been chastised for using gimmicks to balance its budget. Take, for instance, its overly optimistic assumptions about savings, such as a voluntary Continue reading Multi-State – Holiday Wish List: U.S. States Count On Extra Online Sales Tax To Boost Budget
In preparation for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, we recently rounded up the US states with the lowest state and local sales taxes. But if you don’t live in those states, you might need to expand your holiday shopping budget. The Continue reading Multi-State – The 25 US States With The Highest Sales Tax, Ranked
State organizations are monitoring Congress out of concern that lawmakers might include language limiting the ability of states to implement South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. in “must-pass” legislation in the last days of the year. Organizations on watch include the Multistate Tax Continue reading Multi-State – Concern Builds That Congress Could Act On Wayfair In Must-Pass Bill
Four more states entered the remote-sales-tax-collection ring on Nov. 1. New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina, and South Dakota—the state behind the U.S. Supreme Court’s groundbreaking June 21 South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling—have begun enforcing requirements that remote sellers collect and remit Continue reading Multi-State – Four More States Begin Online Sales Tax Enforcement Nov. 1
How have audits changed, post-Wayfair? The answer supplied by a snap survey of states is that states are more likely to audit the person or entity that is registering, collecting, and remitting taxes on remote sales under the various economic Continue reading Multi-State – State of Wayfair: Who Could Face Audits?
I. Introduction This article is part two of a three-part series. It has been several months since part one, and the worldwide obsession with Bitcoin and other virtual currencies has not slowed down. In part one, we provided a factual Continue reading Multi-State – INSIGHT: The Sales Tax Implications Of Accepting Virtual Currency As Payment
The next Marketplace Facilitator Work Group meeting will be on October 10, 2018 at 2:30 pm EDT (call in # 1-719-234-0214, passcode # 102826). Meetings of the Marketplace Facilitator Work Group will continue weekly thereafter at the 2:30 pm EDT Continue reading Multi-State – Multistate Tax Commission Addresses Marketplace Sales and Use Tax Collection October 10, 2018
H.R. 6824 (Online Sales Simplicity and Small Business Relief Act of 2018) Has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee. This bill sets out to ban retroactive taxation of internet commerce with an imposition limitation on sales that occurred prior Continue reading Multistate – H.R. 6824: Online Sales Simplicity and Small Business Relief Act of 2018