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States ease nexus thresholds

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South Dakota – center of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in 2018 – recently eliminated its economic nexus transaction threshold. As of July 1, South Dakota is removing the 200-transaction threshold; only those selling $100,000 or more into the state will be required to register and collect and remit sales tax.

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Happy fifth birthday, Wayfair, as your rules keep changing

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From SCOTUS to ‘patchwork’ In June 2018, the Supreme Court’s narrow decision in South Dakota v. Government Accountability Office. South Dakota, for example, is removing the 200-transaction threshold; only those selling $100,000 or more into the state will be required to register and collect and remit sales tax.

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3 Years Post-Wayfair: A Look Back

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June 21 marked three years since the landmark decision in the South Dakota v. General Accountability Office has estimated that state and local governments could gain billions in tax revenue if states could require sales tax collection from all remote sellers. As we pass the three-year anniversary of the South Dakota v.

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COUNTERPOINT: IRS Should Not Be Trusted With Direct File

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The agency wants to file the citizen’s taxes, collect that money, and double back to conduct audits—without any mediating institution to gainsay potential (nay, likely) abuse. An audit by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) could not confirm the IRS’s cost assumptions—nor could the agency meaningfully defend them.

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Sales tax concerns if you sell through multiple channels

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Economic nexus has emerged as a burning issue for many online retailers since the 2018 decision of South Dakota vs. Wayfair, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the state of South Dakota could require businesses with no physical presence in the state to collect sales tax. And there’s an infinite number of forms.

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Eide Bailly Sees Risk Awareness Driving Growth in Sales Tax Automation

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Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. which enabled states to implement economic nexus laws, businesses continue to discover, sometimes through painful audits, that they have unaddressed tax obligations. Automating sales tax starts with integrating with a client’s ERP, or sales and accounting systems. Wayfair, Inc.,

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What is the difference between sales tax and VAT?

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Before the 2018 South Dakota v. Audit risks for sales tax and VAT. Sales tax : Vendors that sell to resellers must keep valid exemption certificates on file or risk an audit assessment turning exempt sales into taxable sales. appeared first on Tax & Accounting Blog Posts by Thomson Reuters.

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