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How not to tank your sales tax audit (part 1)

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This will be a two-part blog series, the first part will focus on ensuring you have your sales tax obligations in order, and the second will look at how to help your audit go smoothly. Not assessing nexus. Determining where you have nexus is key to determining your sales tax liability. Not knowing your taxability.

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What is use tax?

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What is nexus? In fact, each state that imposes sales tax levies a use tax for purchases made outside of the state. It is typically imposed by the state or local government where the goods or services are used, and the rate is often the same as the sales tax rate. Jump to: What is use tax? How does use tax work?

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What is sales tax?

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Sales tax varies by state What is nexus? Sales tax vs. use tax Summary Sales tax, which is a consumption tax levied on the sale of goods and services, is an important source of revenue for governments at the state and local levels. In the United States, it is not a federal tax, but rather a state and local tax.

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Answers to Retail Business Questions About Sales Taxes

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If you’re doing business in a state with a sales tax, you may know you need to register for sales tax, then collect and remit tax as required by law. But if you’re selling online and shipping items all over the state or country, you may not know what sales tax rate to charge. However, sales tax rules vary by state.

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3 Common Missteps of Sales Tax

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In this blog, we’ll talk to some of the common missteps businesses make when trying to manage sales tax on their own. Not evaluating economic nexus. Figuring out where you have nexus is key to determining your sales tax liability. Sales tax nexus can be created via a physical presence or an economic presence.

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What is the difference between sales tax and VAT?

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Sales tax obligations are triggered by: Nexus — e.g. taxpayers with a physical presence in a tax jurisdiction or who meet economic nexus thresholds. Wayfair Supreme Court ruling , nexus depended on a company’s “physical presence” in the state. Sales tax : The seller should separately state sales tax.

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Does your company have a multistate sales tax obligation?

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Wayfair decision dramatically shifted the sales tax landscape in the United States. So how do you determine if you have a sales tax obligation in multiple states? Understanding economic nexus thresholds post- Wayfair. This is the nexus standard that the Supreme Court considered in the Wayfair case.