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What's new in May for state sales and use taxes

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What’s new in May for state sales and use taxes. There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Exempting groceries from sales tax as American families struggle with inflation and other economic woes is politically tempting. million in taxes a year on the sale of groceries. Food for thought.

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Getting digital with sales tax in 2023

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Massachusetts legislators seem to be leading the way, with multiple draft bills that would adopt a digital advertising services tax on commercial data collection or the sale of personal information. The tax is imposed on persons with more than $100,000 of digital advertising services in Massachusetts. Proponents promise appeal.

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Can remote employees create sales tax nexus?

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A lot of times regarding sales tax, the answer to any question is, “It depends.” Covid created unique conditions for companies that must collect and remit sales tax, including many temporary breaks regarding worker locations. Pennsylvania , for one, now makes it crystal clear that telework once again creates sales tax nexus.

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Charging sales tax based on an IP address

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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. Will all social media networks now be required to obtain full addresses of their account holders?”

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What happened in sales tax in 2022

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New sources of tax revenue, old ones robust but sputtering in spots, tax holidays as political tools amid inflation: It’s been a year of new trends in sales tax. Almost three out of four respondents reported that online sales as a percentage of revenue had increased since 2019 – no doubt fueled by pandemic eCommerce. Add that U.S.

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Crypto, NFTs and sales tax: What we know so far

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Sales tax has a universe of changing conditions. What are the sales tax ramifications? has possibly the most complex sales tax regime. Each state sets its own sales tax rules, often with widely varying approaches. Each state sets its own sales tax rules, often with widely varying approaches. Sales tax questions.

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Best Practices for Managing a Sales Tax Audit

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If you and your company haven’t been hit with a sales tax audit yet, congrats. In TaxConnex’s recent market survey more than one in four (26.7%) top finance professionals in a variety of industries report seeing an increase in state sales tax audits in the past two years. Sales Tax Audit Triggers. Treat the auditor respectfully.

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