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2020-03-04 14:02
A number of local sales and use tax rate changes took effect in North Dakota on January 1, 2019.
Bowman extended an existing 1% city sales, use, and gross receipts tax and also increased it… Read More
2019-11-01 07:21
Some local sales and use tax rates in Alabama are increasing as of May 1, 2019.
In Cullman County, sales and use tax increases from 4.5% to 5% for the following:
General rate
Admissions to p… Read More
2019-11-01 07:21
Numerous local sales and use tax rate changes took effect in Illinois on July 1, 2018.
The city sales tax rates listed below are organized by county. Please note some cities in Ill… Read More
2019-11-01 07:21
Several local sales and use tax rate changes will take effect in Oklahoma on July 1, 2019.
The cities of Gate and Knowles are both imposing a new 2% use tax to match the local sales tax. The… Read More
2019-05-14 00:00
Update 6.24.2019: SB 5997 has been enacted. The nonresident sales tax exemption is eliminated effective July 1, 2019. Qualifying nonresident consumers may request a refund of the state porti… Read More
2019-05-10 00:00
Update 7.16.2019: Diapers for infants, toddlers, and children will be exempt from California sales and use tax from January 1, 2020, until January 1, 2022, as will menstrual hygiene products… Read More
2019-04-18 00:00
Changes to several local sales and use tax rates will take effect in Arkansas on July 1, 2019. Most are due to annexations, when a city or county takes over neighboring territory, thus chang… Read More
2019-04-02 00:00
Several local sales and use tax rate changes will take effect in Nebraska on July 1, 2019.
Coleridge, Nehawka, and Wauneta will each levy a new 1% local sales and use tax, bringing the total… Read More
2019-03-26 00:00
Numerous local sales and use tax rate changes take effect in Arkansas on April 1, 2019.
City rate changes
Wilmot (Ashley County): Increased to 2%
Rogers (Benton County): Annexation (no chang… Read More
2019-03-25 00:00
After offering an on-again, off-again sales tax holiday for clothing and school supplies for years, the Ohio Legislature established an annual back-to-school sales tax holiday starting Augus… Read More
2019-03-25 00:00
Several local sales and use tax rate changes will take effect in Nebraska on April 1, 2019.
New local sales and use taxes
A new 1% local sales and use tax is being imposed in the following l… Read More
2019-03-22 00:00
Many local sales and use tax rate changes take effect on April 1, 2019, in California, as befits its size.
City sales and use tax rate changes
Alameda (Alameda County): from 9.25% to 9.75%
A… Read More
2019-03-21 00:00
On April 1, 2019, the general sales and use tax rate and the sales and use tax rate for admissions to places of amusement and entertainment will jump from 2% to 3% in the city of Evergreen… Read More
2019-03-19 00:00
Local sales and use tax rate changes are scheduled to take effect in Oklahoma on April 1, 2019.
In Beckham County, the county sales and use tax rate will jump from .25% to .35%, for a combin… Read More
2019-02-13 00:00
Update 5.8.2019: The proposed sales tax exemption for diapers and incontinence products died.
A short and simple bill making its way through the Florida Legislature seeks to exempt diapers a… Read More
2019-02-11 00:00
Update 5.30.2019: House Bill 7123, signed into law on May 15, 2019, establishes a disaster-preparedness sales tax holiday May 31 through June 6, 2019, and a back-to-school sales tax hol… Read More
2019-02-06 00:00
Local sales and use tax rate changes are scheduled to take effect in Ohio on April 1, 2019. These will be the first rate changes in Ohio since October 1, 2018.
In Gallia County, the combined… Read More
2019-02-06 00:00
In November 2018, the people of Mesa, Arizona, voted to increase local transaction privilege tax rates in order to fund fire, police, and medical services.
Starting March 1, 2019, the follow… Read More
2019-02-01 00:00
Two jurisdictions in Arizona are changing the local tax rates on February 1, 2019. Although commonly referred to as sales tax, Arizona actually imposes a transaction privilege tax (TPT) on v… Read More
2019-01-25 00:00
Numerous sales tax rates in Utah will increase starting April 1, 2019.
State sales tax rate change
Voters in the Beehive State approved a statewide sales tax rate increase on November 6, 201… Read More
2019-01-14 00:00
Update 4.18.2019: The state sales and use tax rate for food dropped to 0.125% on January 1, 2019, not 1.25%.
The state sales tax rate for food and food ingredients (i.e., groceries) is lower… Read More
2019-01-11 00:00
It can be hard to track down local sales tax rate changes in Louisiana. Local sales tax isn’t administered by the Louisiana Department of Revenue, so the department doesn’t post… Read More
2019-01-09 00:00
At least one local transaction privilege tax (TPT) rate change took effect in Arizona on January 1, 2019. The TPT is Arizona’s version of a sales tax: Instead of taxing the transaction… Read More
2019-01-08 00:00
On January 1, 2019, numerous local sales and use tax rate changes took effect in Colorado.
The Colorado Department of Revenue collects sales and use tax for some jurisdictions in the state… Read More
2019-01-07 00:00
Several local sales and use tax rate changes took effect in Texas on January 1, 2019.
Abolished rates
The following cities abolished a local sales and use tax for economic industrial develop… Read More
2019-01-05 00:00
As of January 1, 2019, several cities in Alabama have new lodgings, rental, sales, or use tax rates.
Alexander City has increased the local lodgings tax from 5% to 10%.
Columbiana has decrea… Read More
2019-01-04 00:00
Several local sales and use tax rate changes took effect in Washington state at the start of the year.
Local sales and use tax rates increased by the following amounts effective January 1, 2… Read More
2019-01-03 00:00
Several local sales and use tax rate changes took effect in Nebraska on January 1, 2019. More are slated for April 1, 2019.
January 2019 sales tax changes
Dakota City: A new 0.5% local sales… Read More
2019-01-02 00:00
Sales and use tax compliance in Missouri is complicated. Instead of local jurisdictions having one local sales tax rate on top of the state rate, they have multiple and varying local rates… Read More
2018-08-21 00:00
Going against decades-old precedent, the Supreme Court of the United States determined that states can require out-of-state businesses to collect and remit sales and use tax. Already, the op… Read More
2018-08-20 00:00
California, the state with the fifth-largest economy in the world, doesn’t yet require many out-of-state sellers to collect and remit tax on their California sales. That may soon chang… Read More
2018-08-16 00:00
Businesses that sell on Amazon can now easily file and remit sales tax with leading provider of tax compliance automation software
SEATTLE, WA — August 16, 2018 — Avalara, Inc. (… Read More
2018-08-15 00:00
In its ongoing battle to prevent the spread of soda taxes, the American Beverage Association (ABA) took California to the mat and won a temporary moratorium on new local taxes on sweetened b… Read More
2018-08-15 00:00
Historically, most states have exempted services from sales tax, and for an understandable reason: When states first began to levy these taxes around 1930, people spent more of their money o… Read More
2018-08-09 00:00
Small business taxes come in several forms — including sales tax, use tax, even income tax, depending on your business structure, what you sell, and where you sell it.
How do those dif… Read More
2018-08-08 00:00
Originally published on The Progressive Accountant http://www.theprogressiveaccountant.com/Sales-Tax-Compliance/how-sales-tax-impacts-company-growth-interview-with-jerome-kaiser-c… Read More
2018-08-08 00:00
Australia now requires out-of-country online retailers that do more than $75,000 (Australian) in annual sales in Australia to collect a 10 percent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on all sales t… Read More
2018-08-07 00:00
Checklist: Get psyched for cyber holidays: Cyber Monday, Black Friday, and more.
Cyber holidays allow shoppers to access terrific deals without vying for parking. If you can capture their at… Read More
2018-08-07 00:00
If there's one trend that holds big promise for the automotive industry, it's telematics. Expected to approach $99 billion within the next six years, this market opens the doo… Read More
2018-08-07 00:00
If you sell products in certain states — even if you’re an online seller located elsewhere — you might be required to collect sales tax on those transactions.
(Need more de… Read More
2018-08-06 00:00
For more than a month, sales tax news has largely centered on South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. (Wayfair). While this is important — OK, huge — it shouldn’t eclipse all other s… Read More
2018-08-03 00:00
Seattle, WA – August 3, 2018 – Avalara, Inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today announced the release of 34… Read More
2018-08-03 00:00
The ecommerce association NetChoice wants sales tax compliance for businesses to be simpler. As a founding member of the coalition for True Simplification of Taxation (TruST), this hardly co… Read More
2018-08-03 00:00
Once again, Amazon’s Prime Day brought shoppers out (well, online) in droves, with members purchasing more than 100 million products and generating estimated revenue of more than… Read More
2018-08-02 00:00
South Dakota was at the center of a seminal ruling by the Supreme Court of the United States. Overruling precedent upheld in 1992, the court determined a business does not need to have a phy… Read More
2018-08-01 00:00
Sales tax holidays temporarily exempt certain products from sales and use tax. But many states impose sales tax at both the state and local level. Do sales tax holidays apply to state and lo… Read More
2018-07-31 00:00
The Supreme Court of the United States ruled on June 21, 2018, that states can tax sales by out-of-state businesses. As a result, the Nebraska Department of Revenue will require certain remo… Read More
2018-07-31 00:00
Shortly after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. (June 21, 2018) that a state could impose a tax collection obligation on businesses with no physic… Read More
2018-07-30 00:00
NEW YORK and SEATTLE — July 30, 2018 — Is chocolate caramel popcorn food or candy? When taxing a Farmers Market Mason Jar, do you tax the gummy peaches, cherries, and waterm… Read More
2018-07-30 00:00
It’s an exciting time — you’re starting a business, with dreams of success, independence, and financial freedom.
You’ve got big things to consider, from your business… Read More
2018-07-30 00:00
Update 8.2.2018: The Michigan Department of Treasury has approved the new nexus standards discussed below. Additional information is available in this notice and this notice… Read More
2018-07-27 00:00
The Minnesota Department of Revenue has announced it will require marketplace providers and certain out-of-state sellers to collect and remit sales tax as of October 1, 2018.
In June 2017, M… Read More
2018-07-27 00:00
Unstoppable.
Booming.
Roaring.
Each of those words has been used in news stories to describe the U.S. economy over the past couple of months — it’s one reason the Small Business… Read More
2018-07-26 00:00
“Do I have to collect sales tax?” For small-business owners, that can be a tough question to answer (you can learn more about finding that answer here). But in truth, it just mig… Read More
2018-07-26 00:00
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu is vehemently opposed to letting other states tax New Hampshire businesses.
After the Supreme Court of the United States removed the physical presence rul… Read More
2018-07-25 00:00
It sometimes seems there’s a sales tax exemption or special rate for every product under the sun. Some examples: Many Alabama localities have special rates for food sold for human cons… Read More
2018-07-25 00:00
You’ve got plenty of things to keep track of in your business: revenue, expenses, inventory, to name just a few. In reality, your list probably includes a lot more than that. And, whil… Read More
2018-07-24 00:00
The holiday shopping season may seem far away, but it’s not too soon to start thinking about how to make the most of it for your ecommerce business.
During last year’s holiday se… Read More
2018-07-24 00:00
Did you know the annual health insurance premium for an average family in 2017 was nearly $19,000?
If you’re a business owner who already offers coverage to your employees — or e… Read More
2018-07-24 00:00
The House Judiciary Committee met July 24, 2018 to examine the Wayfair decision and its ramifications for consumers and small businesses. In South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc, the Supreme Court o… Read More
2018-07-24 00:00
If you’re like most Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) sellers, you want your business to grow and succeed. That means you’ve got to cover all the basics, of course — offer great… Read More
2018-07-23 00:00
More than a dozen states have sales tax holidays in August 2018, providing a temporary sales tax exemption for a wide variety of items: summer sandals and winter coats, pencils and computers… Read More
2018-07-20 00:00
The Utah Legislature held a special session on July 18, 2018, during which it approved an economic nexus measure for sales tax. If Governor Gary Herbert signs it into law, out-of-state selle… Read More
2018-07-20 00:00
Getting potential customers to your product page on Amazon is one thing — but getting them to stay on the page, and ultimately make the purchase, is another thing entirely.
And while o… Read More
2018-07-20 00:00
The Comptroller of Maryland has published a tax alert regarding the United States Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. It’s the state’s first response… Read More
2018-07-19 00:00
If you’re a small business, you’ve likely heard about the recent United States Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. It’s a big case with a big impact, so… Read More
2018-07-19 00:00
Mississippi and Tennessee are temporarily waiving sales tax for certain products starting July 27, 2018. During the two states’ annual sales tax holidays, certain products are exempt f… Read More
2018-07-18 00:00
Whether your business has a physical storefront or you sell online — these days, of course, many businesses fall into both categories — you most likely need to collect sales tax… Read More
2018-07-18 00:00
New Hampshire has no sales tax, so the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. — that physical presence is no longer a prerequisite for taxation — has… Read More
2018-07-17 00:00
The number of sellers on Amazon continues to grow — one estimate last year put the figure at more than 5 million — and although the company doesn’t disclose how many of tho… Read More
2018-07-17 00:00
Louisiana’s Secretary of Revenue, Kimberly Lewis Robinson, has announced the temporary cessation of state sales tax holidays. As a result, there will not be an August sales tax holiday… Read More
2018-07-17 00:00
Winning the business of the newest generation of shoppers can boost your sales all year, and especially during the holiday season. But how to do it? Competition for their business is fierce… Read More
2018-07-16 00:00
Numerous tax rate changes took effect in Missouri on July 1, 2018. Most of these involve local use tax.
If an out-of-state business is required to collect and remit tax on sales to Missouri… Read More
2018-07-16 00:00
When was the last time you bought something on the web without first checking out what a previous buyer or two had to say about it?
If you can’t remember that far back, you’re li… Read More
2018-07-12 00:00
The Rhode Island Department of Revenue Division of Taxation has published FAQs to help remote sellers understand the impact of the “Wayfair decision” on their Rhode Island tax re… Read More
2018-07-11 00:00
The Missouri Department of Revenue has been tasked with creating and maintaining an online map showing sales tax information for the state’s local tax jurisdictions — all 2,200+/… Read More
2018-07-10 00:00
Last updated 8.6.2018
In the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. (decided on June 21, 2018), the Supreme Court of the United States overturned the rule that a state cannot tax a business u… Read More
2018-07-10 00:00
And ways to overcome them.
Despite the notoriously complex nature of sales tax, it’s easy to be lured into a false sense of compliance. Many businesses relegate sales tax to the back o… Read More
2018-07-09 00:00
A bill to regulate the way states tax interstate commerce was introduced in the United States Senate just one week after the Supreme Court of the United States ruled physical presence is no… Read More
2018-07-09 00:00
In the wake of the Supreme Court decision to overrule the physical presence standard in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., much of the discussion has centered on implications for internet r… Read More
2018-07-06 00:00
Alabama has had a rule requiring certain out-of-state sellers to collect and remit tax on their sales into the state since January 1, 2016, but it’s lacked the authority to properly en… Read More
2018-07-06 00:00
Wisconsin will require remote sellers to collect and remit sales or use tax on taxable sales into Wisconsin starting October 1, 2018.
This new tax policy is the result of the Supreme Court o… Read More
2018-07-05 00:00
New Jersey is preparing to offer a tax amnesty program to encourage taxpayers with outstanding taxes to pay the taxes they owe.
The legislature originally called for a six-month amnesty peri… Read More
2018-07-03 00:00
Drop shipping can facilitate order fulfillment at any time of year, and especially during the busy holiday season. Unfortunately, drop shipping can also complicate sales tax compliance.
With… Read More
2018-07-03 00:00
The decision to start your own business is momentous, and while it’s exciting, it can be intimidating, too. There’s a lot to consider and a lot to do — including some impor… Read More
2018-07-03 00:00
A tax lien can harm your personal and business finances, damage your business’s credit, and put your personal and business assets in jeopardy. A tax lien can have a financial impact co… Read More
2018-07-02 00:00
Update 7.16.2018: Hawaii has amended and superceded Announcement No. 2018-10, issued June 27, 2018. The state will no longer seek to retroactively administer Act 41 as explained in the post… Read More
2018-07-02 00:00
To paraphrase a line used in the president’s State of the Union address just about every year, the state of small business is strong. In fact, it’s stronger than ever, at least a… Read More
2018-06-29 00:00
"If you know anything about us, you know that we really rock it at CRUSH. Year after year, CRUSH is the tax compliance conference ... one of the greatest tax compliance shows on earth."
Last… Read More
2018-06-28 00:00
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue has issued a statement on the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. on the state’s remote sales tax regu… Read More
2018-06-28 00:00
Remote sellers that do a certain amount of business in Vermont must register with the state and collect and remit sales and use tax starting July 1, 2018.
Vermont’s economic nexus law… Read More
2018-06-27 00:00
Update, 7.17.2018: The Louisiana Department of Revenue has announced the temporary cessation of state sales tax holidays from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2025. Additional information. &hell…Read More
2018-06-26 00:00
Update 7.9.2018: Wisconsin has announced it will enforce a South Dakota-style economic nexus rule starting October 1, 2018. Additional information.
On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court of the… Read More
2018-06-25 00:00
The way we consume entertainment has changed dramatically. While the ancient tradition of live theater lives on and movies theaters still limp along, Americans are now more likely to stay ho… Read More
2018-06-22 00:00
Updated 8.6.2018 to reflect latest developments in state laws.
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the state in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., many businesses are wondering how… Read More
2018-06-21 00:00
The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled in favor of South Dakota in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. The state is now free to enforce its Remote Seller Compliance law (SB 106), which r… Read More
2018-06-21 00:00
To reduce a $67-million shortfall caused by federal tax cuts, lawmakers in Guam have enacted a 2 percent sales tax. It takes effect October 1, 2018.
The new 2 percent general sales tax appli… Read More
2018-06-20 00:00
I’m fascinated by the goods and services legislators choose to tax and those they select to exempt — the ebb and flow of the taxability tide. Take boats, for example. They’… Read More
2018-06-19 00:00
Small businesses are not immune to cyberattacks — in fact, they might be even more susceptible than larger companies. According to Entrepreneur magazine, half of these attacks target s… Read More
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