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A Strategic Timeline for Implementing a Sales Tax Strategy and Process - Part 2 | TaxConnex

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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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Time constraints surrounding sales and use tax

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Sales and use taxes have their deadlines, too – a dizzying number to follow, potentially with bad consequences if you miss even one. A lot of complications Currently, sales tax across the U.S. Some states have a flat sales tax rate that applies throughout the state, resulting in a simple sales tax return.

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Retailers/ecommerce companies face special sales tax challenges

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Our third annual survey of financial professionals revealed a sales tax storm in many industries. Retail/eCommerce respondents to our survey reported challenges such as audits, timely filing of sales tax returns and charging the correct sales tax. Yet these companies are unhappy about they handle sales tax.

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The Big 3 Barriers to Managing Sales Tax

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Think you’re the only one worried about sales tax compliance? According to our third annual Sales Tax Market Survey you’re not. Our company is highly acquisitive and this results in lack of consistency when it comes to billing, accounting and reporting,” said one survey respondent. Added a third respondent: “We need help now.”

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Managing sales tax: Are businesses satisfied with the additional effort?

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Our third annual survey of financial professionals across accounting, manufacturing, construction, software and technology, retail/eCommerce, telecom and others showed that many industries face sales tax challenges and that financial leaders continue to lean on internal resources to get the job done. What’s keeping them up at night?

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5 Crucial Pieces of Your Sales Tax Compliance Filing Process

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Once you’ve determined your requirement to collect and remit sales tax, you’ve set-up a process to charge sales tax, and you have registered with each required state, you need to consider how you will manage the return filing process. Contact us to learn more about how we can take sales tax completely off your plate.

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Why are there so many due dates for sales tax?

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State sales tax is another beast altogether, with a dizzying number of deadlines – and, potentially, serious consequences for missing one. Our  third annual survey  of financial professionals across various industries showed that many face sales tax challenges related to these filing deadlines. Currently, sales tax in the U.S.,

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