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Sales tax and Marketplaces: Who owns the responsibility?

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Once upon a time, selling online meant little more than setting up a website and sending both marketing efforts and sales direct to your customers from you. jurisdictions also involves dealing with sales tax. On a marketplace platform, who has responsibility for the sales tax? But selling in U.S.

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Answers to Retail Business Questions About Sales Taxes

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By Gail Cole Is sales tax based on shipping address or billing address? Understanding how sales tax works is fundamental for every retailer. 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.

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What's New in Sales and Use Tax?

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There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Online sales dipped in May, yet sales tax revenues seem to remain robust thanks in part to online sales. Anecdotally, sales tax revenue for local governments in the state of New York state rose 49.2% Minnesota Gov.

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Loopholes and other odd sales tax rules, part 2

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Last time we looked at a sample of the strange sales tax laws regarding food, including a sliced bagel in New York. If only that was the only complex category concerning sales tax. California, Idaho, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia exempt clothing sales for some nonprofits. Take diapers. In the clear?

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Sales Tax Issues for Online Retailers

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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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Monthly Sales and Use Tax Update

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There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Colorado lawmakers have adopted SB21-282 , which extends the exception to destination sourcing requirements; the exception applies only to businesses with less than $100,000 in retail sales. 199, which would establish a centralized sales tax commission.

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Love is in the air. and so is sales tax

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Candy, flowers, diamonds, romantic dinners out or a movie snuggled on the couch: The year’s biggest day for dates looms again, and here’s an update on sales tax considerations for Valentine’s Day. Expected spending on gifts this year should average $192.80, up almost 10% from last year, according to the National Retail Foundation.