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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? As with most details of sales tax, much depends on the situation, jurisdiction and new laws.

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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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TaxCloud Announces New Stripe Integration

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sales tax obligations via the company’s sales tax application programming interface (API). Since the Supreme Court issued its opinion in South Dakota v. Wayfair last year, many online retailers now have to collect sales tax in additional states.