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U.S. Sales Tax Rate Changes Reach 10-Year High

CPA Practice

The domestic sales tax landscape in the United States has been in a constant state of flux over the last decade. In fact, the 2023 Vertex End-of-Year Sales Tax Rates and Rules report shows that a total of 444 sales tax rate changes took place across all U.S. States continue to issue new fees, exemptions and tax holidays.

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Recent Cases Show You Shouldn't Mess with Sales Tax Obligations

TaxConnex

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. Pennsylvania collected $2.6 The Buffalo, N.Y.-area billion budget shortfall.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: Big 4 Firms Hate Going Concern (Warnings, That Is); Being a Whistleblower Blows | 5.20.24

Going Concern

Auditors are required to include a going-concern warning if they believe there is a risk that the company may go bankrupt, rather than making a prediction that it will. Michael Shaub of Texas A&M University talks about the PCAOB’s new standards in Bloomberg Tax. TL;DR It’s about time!

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U.S. Sales Tax Rate Changes Reach 10-Year High

CPA Practice

The domestic sales tax landscape in the United States has been in a constant state of flux over the last decade. In fact, the 2023 Vertex End-of-Year Sales Tax Rates and Rules report shows that a total of 444 sales tax rate changes took place across all U.S. States continue to issue new fees, exemptions and tax holidays.

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U.S. Sales Tax Rate Changes Reach 10-Year High

CPA Practice

The domestic sales tax landscape in the United States has been in a constant state of flux over the last decade. In fact, the 2023 Vertex End-of-Year Sales Tax Rates and Rules report shows that a total of 444 sales tax rate changes took place across all U.S. States continue to issue new fees, exemptions and tax holidays.

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Sales Tax Issues for Online Retailers

Withum

It is no surprise that states are seeing significant growth in sales tax revenue, a trend fueled by changes in consumer spending during the pandemic. The third reason for higher sales tax revenue was the Wayfair decision in which the Supreme Court expanded the physical nexus requirement to include economic nexus (e.g.,

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‘The American Accounting Association Is Not Serious’ and Other Such Thoughts From a Professor Who’s Quitting the AAA

Going Concern

The below essays reflect the author’s opinion not necessarily the opinion of The Pennsylvania State University nor that of Going Concern. Instead of our collective chest thumping about how independent auditors are paragons of integrity, we should examine humbly the human situation. Also see my essay “ The Myth of Auditor Independence.”)

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