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Alaska Becomes the Latest State to Offer an Alternate CPA Pathway, With No Help From the Governor

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Good news for all you 150 haters out there: Aspiring CPAs in the great state of Alaska now have the option to go for 120 units of education and two years of experience for licensure. Alaska joins handfuls of other states already with this law in place or on their way to making it official. You can do the math from there.

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Future sales tax trends

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One state, Alaska, may also institute its own state-wide sales tax in the future, encouraged by its widening network of communities that mandate sales tax obligations for online sellers. The governor has long said hed favor such a tax under the right conditions, though it might not pass in Juneau as soon as next year. Dropping thresholds.

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What’s new in sales tax?

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The five-letter acronym stands for the states without a statewide sales tax – New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska and Delaware – and two of those states might be leaving the group sooner than later.

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U.S. sales tax requirements for Canadian sellers

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states have no statewide sales tax: the NOMADs New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska and Delaware. Alaska , though, is inching toward a statewide sales tax, and many communities in the state have banded together to mandate sales tax obligations for remote companies. Here are two: Home rule U.S. Nexus In 2018, the U.S.

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Domestic manufacturers’ growth could bring sales tax problems

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In each state with a sales tax (and sometimes in Alaska, where localities have banded together to mandate that remote companies collect from customers and remit to the state sales tax), a certain volume of annual sales ignites “nexus.” Past sales tax liabilities are also popping up more in due diligence as a deal-breaker in M&As.

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Wayfair’s 7th birthday: Sales tax changes continue

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Some states continue to sales tax obligations even tougher with “ home rule ,” under which jurisdictions can pass their own, additional tax laws in such states as Alaska, Louisiana and Colorado, among others. In Colorado , for example, home rule jurisdictions can set both their own sales tax administration and their own sales tax bases.

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Sales tax and streaming services

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And even among states with no statewide sales tax, Delaware levies a gross receipts tax on streaming services and some localities in Alaska may charge sales tax for streaming services. Chicago’s 10.25% “amusement tax” specifically targets streamed movies and entertainment. Sales tax is more complicated than ever.