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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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Taxation of services

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Understanding the taxability of your company’s products or services is one of the key steps to complying with sales and use tax laws. Services” are not tangible and can be an entirely different animal in terms of taxability. Services continue to pop up among states’ lawmakers as a potential new source of sales tax revenue.

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What's new in May for state sales and use taxes

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What’s new in May for state sales and use taxes. There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Exempting groceries from sales tax as American families struggle with inflation and other economic woes is politically tempting. million in taxes a year on the sale of groceries.

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Spotlighting Women in Advisory Practice: “We needed to focus on what people wanted,” says Erin Heath, CPA

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Upon graduation, Heath worked for one of Nebraska’s largest sole CPA tax practitioners, who not only taught her the accounting business but became a true mentor to her. It was working there that she realized there was a great need and lots of opportunity for tax services professionals in her existing community.

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