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5 Steps to Tracking Your Economic Nexus Footprint

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Your sales tax obligations start with whether or not you have sales tax nexus. Without it, you have no obligation to collect and remit sales tax to specific taxing states or jurisdictions. Your sales tax nexus is determined by either a physical or economic presence within a taxing jurisdiction.

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When do I have to start collecting out of state sales tax? Part 1

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Sales tax obligations are among them. Only now are federal lawmakers beginning to wonder if the current sales tax landscape overburdens online businesses. In the meantime, your business may have to start collecting and remitting states’ sales tax – with severe penalties if you don’t. The back story.

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How To Evaluate Where You Have Established Economic Nexus

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Sales tax is more complicated than ever, especially in a post-Wayfair world. And what’s worse is that everyone who says they’re simplifying sales tax is still leaving the hardest parts – and the liability – up to you. So where exactly do you start in understand ing your sales tax obligation?

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How not to tank your sales tax audit (part 1)

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If you are a business that must collect and remit sales tax, an audit is probably one of your biggest fears. Rightly so: Sales tax audits can find fault with a variety of your operations and can cost you big– if the determination goes against you. Not assessing nexus. Not knowing your taxability.

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5 Steps to Put Your Business on the Right Track to Maintain Sales Tax Compliance

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It has been two years since the US Supreme Court passed the Wayfair decision which paved the way for states to enact economic nexus rules. At this point, the majority of finance professionals understand the need to maintain sales & use tax compliance. Complete a Nexus Review. Understand your exposure.

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Understanding Affiliate Nexus and Other Forms of Physical Presence

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The explosive growth of online sales means that state and local governments are searching for ways to recoup the tax revenue that they have determined they are owed. Between the second quarter of 2020 and the second quarter of 2021, online sales in the United States grew by 28 percent. This is known as “ economic nexus.”.

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Three C’s of Sales Tax Compliance

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Sales tax is meant to be a pass-through tax and thus one that should have minimal impact on a company’s bottom line. The sales tax is collected by businesses and “passed-through” to the taxing jurisdictions. This then becomes a bottom line hit unless you can recoup from your customers.

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