TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

One of the next big trends in sales tax is one you should start thinking about: states taxing digital advertising. Right now, a little more than two-thirds of states with a sales tax impose a tax on the sale of such digital goods as videos and music. Who’s doing what among states with this new breed of tax?

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TaxConnex

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

A job as intimidating as setting up a system to handle your sales tax obligations can be a lot easier if you have an idea how long it will take. As with most aspects of sales tax, there are no fixed answers, but we can give you an idea. Part of your decision in this case rests with how long you’ve had sales tax exposure.

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TaxConnex

MARCH 1, 2022

It’s that time of year again when everyone suddenly thinks about preparing their income taxes. But does tax preparation incur sales taxes – and if it does, where and how? For some 90 years, states have levied sales tax on goods (West Virginia was the first to do so , in 1921). Sourcing is huge.

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TaxConnex

MAY 23, 2023

Last time we looked at a sample of the strange sales tax laws regarding food, including a sliced bagel in New York. If only that was the only complex category concerning sales tax. Diapers and groceries are taxed in Hawaii, Idaho, Utah, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Alabama, Mississippi and South Dakota.

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TaxConnex

MAY 6, 2021

There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. In the trendiest sales tax news (aside, of course, from Florida finally passing economic nexus legislation), Connecticut lawmakers have proposed a digital advertising services tax similar, experts say, to one recently enacted in Maryland.

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TaxConnex

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

You won’t find too many more confusing sales tax scenarios than the one involving dietary supplements. For purposes of sales tax, sometimes supplements and vitamins are considered drugs (prescription or not), sometimes groceries or food, sometimes tangible personal property – and sometimes not. Sales tax isn’t getting any easier.

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TaxConnex

AUGUST 1, 2023

Except when sales tax becomes involved. And the state or local sales tax you also charged on the purchase? Here it gets complicated: How much did you charge the customer in sales tax? Where was the sale made (and did it incur sales tax based on destination or origin )? It seems like a simple part of selling online.

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TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

All hail sales tax! Taxing certain goods dates back as far as 4,000 years. Ancient Egypt taxed cooking oil, for instance. The tax was levied on a product people had to buy and were forbidden to reuse (coincidentally, the Pharaoh had a monopoly on production). Salestaxes are no exception.

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TaxConnex

AUGUST 30, 2022

Many tech companies consider themselves a service provider exempt from sales and use tax. But the 2018 Wayfair decision expanded the definition of nexus and and more of these businesses are now subject to sales and use tax collection, including on one of their product staples: apps. What about the sales tax?

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CPA Practice

APRIL 9, 2024

A new study by WalletHub revealed that residents of New York state are burdened by taxes the most among the 50 states, while Alaska residents have the lowest tax burden. The following are some key findings from WalletHub’s study: As previously stated, New York has the highest overall tax burden, while Alaska has the lowest.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 3, 2024

A new study by WalletHub revealed that residents of New York state are burdened by taxes the most among the 50 states, while Alaska residents have the lowest tax burden. The following are some key findings from WalletHub’s study: As previously stated, New York has the highest overall tax burden, while Alaska has the lowest.

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Accounting Today

JANUARY 24, 2024

The IRS is pushing back payment and filing deadlines for those hit by January weather.

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TaxConnex

MARCH 15, 2022

There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Here’s a review of some of the recent changes and updates, with a special focus this month on how more states and jurisdictions look to roll back sales tax. Lawmakers often cite inflation as a key factor in reducing sales tax.

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TaxConnex

JANUARY 17, 2023

Online sales could not exist without shipping, and the charges associated with shipping are subject to sales tax in many states. Question is, who has to pay that sales tax these days, and where? For sales tax purposes, you’ll see reference to “shipping,” “shipping and handling” (Arizona taxes these two, for instance) and “delivery”.

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CTP

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Complex tax laws for filing and deducting gambling winnings and losses provide new hurdles for taxpayers. So, as an accountant of a gambling client, you need to have detailed knowledge about gambling winnings and losses, as well as all the rules and regulations related to tax on gambling income. So, let’s start from the basics.

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TaxConnex

MAY 10, 2022

There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Florida sales tax exemptions on hurricane-preparedness items may soon encompass purchases of pet food, thanks to the lobbying of a local Girl Scout troop. has become the second state this year to expand its sales tax exemption involving gold and silver.

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TaxConnex

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Our Halloween-month look at tricky items for sales tax continues here with a few items it’s hard to live without…. Some states (of course) have special sales tax rules for clothing. Added complication: Clothes are also included in many states’ sales tax holidays. Thirteen states tax groceries.

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TaxConnex

MAY 4, 2023

Many tech companies consider themselves service providers, exempt from sales and use tax. In these cases, IP addresses have been used for sales tax in certain situations because it can be mapped to a physical address. the Foundation asked that same year in its piece, “States Consider Digital Taxes Amidst Conflicting Rationales.” “Or

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TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

If your business sells software or software-as-a-service (SaaS), you deal with one of the most complex sales tax situations, potentially without even realizing it. Your sales tax obligation and liability begin with where you have nexus , a connection between your company and a taxing authority or jurisdiction.

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TaxConnex

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Sales tax in 2021, though, seemed to move in only one direction: It intensified as even more states hopped on the economic nexus bandwagon and the sales tax burden for online businesses grew. Here’s a look back at some of 2021’s biggest developments in sales tax. Other states intensified their sales tax moves.

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ThomsonReuters

APRIL 18, 2024

With 75% of employers in the Americas forecasting that the average employee will be a hybrid worker within two years, employers should carefully consider the tax implications of such arrangements where the employee may be working in one state in-office and remotely in another state at home. This may pose significant issues.

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TaxConnex

MAY 27, 2021

Taking advantage of sales and use tax exemptions can save your business money and headaches. In general, exemptions are statutory exceptions eliminating the need for the retailer or business to collect sales tax on a particular transaction or on all transactions with a customer. Necessary paperwork for sales tax exemptions.

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TaxConnex

JULY 13, 2023

As we saw last time, sales tax holidays are continuing to enjoy a heyday this year. 13-19: Qualifying clothing and footwear priced $100 or less will be exempt from sales tax. Connecticut: Tax-free week begins on the third Sunday of August and runs until the following Saturday. Iowa , Aug. Maryland , Aug. New Jersey , Aug.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 8, 2023

Taylor, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) President Biden, who is set to release his FY 2024 budget proposal, wants to “raise some taxes.” In a recent speech, Biden said that tax increases should focus on the wealthiest taxpayers—an approach that some states have adopted or recently proposed.

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TaxConnex

MARCH 10, 2022

But what exactly is economic nexus – and, more importantly, have you kept up with its constant changes in the sales tax realm? Sales tax nexus is the connection your business has with a state or local taxing jurisdiction. It can be physical in the form of one of your offices actually being in a state or other tax jurisdiction.

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TaxConnex

JANUARY 16, 2024

Then you already have one of the most complicated situations in sales tax. Your tax obligation and liability begin with where you have nexus , the connection between your company and a taxing authority or jurisdiction. These questions factor into determining whether sales tax applies.

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TaxConnex

AUGUST 2, 2022

In many states, sales tax holidays have been in full swing this year and will continue for months to come. These holidays are limited times (frequently weekends) where a state allows sales tax to be eliminated or reduced on categories of consumer products. 14-20); Connecticut (Aug. Holiday time already? 5-8); Illinois (Aug.

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TaxConnex

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In sales tax calculation, you deal with the “hard” and the “less-hard.” Figuring out sales tax obligations for goods (aka, tangible personal property, or TPP) is the less-hard part; you merely have to bear in mind that every state that taxes TPP does it a little differently. States also tax services with nuance.

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TaxConnex

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Technology companies, and specifically software companies, have always had challenges related to managing sales tax. But with the proliferation of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) as a delivery mechanism and Wayfair, the sales tax landscape has become exponentially more complex. Sales Tax Nexus. Customization and Implementation.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 21, 2023

By Joy Taylor, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) Businesses that sell marijuana have a heavy federal income tax burden. They are taxed on their income but can’t write off most of their business expenses. Here is the main federal income tax implication. Legal marijuana businesses are an enforcement priority of the IRS.

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ThomsonReuters

APRIL 25, 2024

Navigating state taxes on retirement income is a critical aspect of financial planning for retirees. While federal tax rules apply uniformly across the country, state tax rules can vary widely. Jump to: • State tax on retirement income • Which states do not tax retirement income?

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TaxConnex

DECEMBER 10, 2020

States may be getting tougher on sales tax delinquents as the pandemic drags on and tax revenues, in many places, take hits. area company must pay back more than $95,000 after pocketing sales tax money owed to the state, according to authorities. TaxConnex provides services to become your outsourced sales tax department.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Businesses with income from farming or fishing that have not paid all of their 2023 tax year estimated taxes by Jan. 16 must file their tax returns and pay their entire tax due on or before March 1. Only those taxpayers that have paid their estimated tax payments by Jan. See Topic no.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

State and local taxes, also often referred to as SALT, are one of the most dynamic areas of tax practice, with thousands of jurisdictions across the U.S. imposing increases or newly-created taxes on real or other property. In response to the dismissal of the earlier state lawsuit, Apple Inc.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 19, 2024

But running a marketplace also brings unique tax and compliance challenges. Our 2024 Avalara Tax Changes report explores new and changing requirements for marketplace facilitators and sellers across a variety of industries. They all face different tax compliance obligations and challenges. Read the report now.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 16, 2024

FLR also brings a wealth of experience to Marcum’s tax and assurance divisions. Founded in 1991, FLR is a comprehensive tax and accounting firm that provides services to a diverse array of industries, including automotive, real estate, food and beverage, retail, manufacturing, and nonprofit.

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TaxConnex

MARCH 3, 2022

Understanding the taxability of your company’s products or services is one of the key steps to complying with sales and use tax laws. Services continue to pop up among states’ lawmakers as a potential new source of sales tax revenue. legislation that excludes some payment processing services from tax. Recent developments.

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