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Services: Taxable or not?

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In sales tax calculation, you deal with the “hard” and the “less-hard.” Figuring out sales tax obligations for goods (aka, tangible personal property, or TPP) is the less-hard part; you merely have to bear in mind that every state that taxes TPP does it a little differently. Services, on the other hand, are the hard calculation.

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The latest on sales tax on shipping charges (part 1)

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Online sales could not exist without shipping, and the charges associated with shipping are subject to sales tax in many states. Question is, who has to pay that sales tax these days, and where? For sales tax purposes, you’ll see reference to “shipping,” “shipping and handling” (Arizona taxes these two, for instance) and “delivery”.

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Sales Tax on Shipping: When Does it Apply?

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It’s one of the most important aspects of an online business – and one of the wackiest when trying to determine whether sales tax applies or not. Many states say that when the contents of a shipment are taxable, so is the shipping cost; similarly, when items in a shipment are exempt from sales tax, so is the cost of shipping.

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Ryan Leads Charge Against Biden’s Ban on Noncompete Clauses

CPA Practice

By Arcelia Martin, The Dallas Morning News (TNS) Within 45 minutes of the Federal Trade Commission posting its latest ruling outlawing noncompete clauses , Ryan, a Dallas-based global tax services firm, filed the first of what would soon be a slew of lawsuits against the ban.

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Is Software as a Service Taxable? 

Anders CPA

Even if a state doesn’t require sales tax on SaaS, the company may still need to file if they pass a certain threshold of sales. SaaS really encompasses three types of services: SaaS; Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS) and Platform as a Service (PAAS). And the states may follow suit on the other services.

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Friday Footnotes: More Bad News for PwC; Firm Leader Says AI Will Get People Back in the Office | 6.2.23

Going Concern

ChatGPT Offers CPAs ‘Superpowers’ Deloitte’s Ucuzoglu Says [ Bloomberg Tax ] “The use cases are breathtaking: They will fundamentally alter the profession,” said Deloitte Global CEO Joe Ucuzoglu, addressing a University of Southern California financial reporting conference on Thursday. The roughly A$290 billion ($196.71

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What’s new in sales tax?

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There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. New sales taxes are progressing in some states but not all. Alaska, one of the few states still without a statewide sale tax, is considering one as it tries to close a projected revenue shortfall of $450 million heading into the next fiscal year.

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