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Automation's place in sales tax compliance

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AI and automation are all the rage, but does it have a place in your sales tax compliance process? Businesses need a way to calculate the correct sales tax to charge in states where they have a sales tax obligation, and for this, automation can be a great solution. If so, where?

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Q-commerce and sales tax: the latest

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Q-commerce is also likely to start sparking long-term questions about sales tax. Tax treatment Q-commerce may seem futuristically fast, but its sales tax calculation remains the same so far as its older cousin e-commerce. There are 10,000-plus tax jurisdictions in the U.S.,

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Sales tax ‘responsible party’ laws still going strong

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But not for sales tax liability, where most states still maintain strong responsible party laws. And they can come as a real shock: CEOs, CFOs, directors and other execs can be held personally responsible for sales tax shortfalls. That’s true for many of the fiscal messes that can befall a company. How do they know who’s responsible?

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Sales Tax Updates for Technology Companies

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Sales tax obligations regarding software and other technology-related solutions can often come down to location and definition. Four states recently took a closer look at how sales tax applies to technology-related solutions, one of the more confusing industries for complying with sales and use tax requirements.

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SaaS taxability: A comprehensive guide

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How do states look at SaaS (software as a service)-oriented businesses and sales tax requirements? The complexity of sales taxes and SaaS is a confluence of factors, including almost a decade of upheaval in states tax statutes and the advent and lightning development of whats become everyday technology (and how the technology is delivered).

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How to register for states’ sales tax

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Do you need a state sales tax permit? How about a sales tax license? How about a sales tax certificate of authority? Collecting and remitting sales tax after you hit economic or physical nexus in a state comes with a lot of questions – and you usually answer no small number of questions to register for sales tax.

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Recent Cases Show You Shouldn't Mess with Sales Tax Obligations

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States may be getting tougher on sales tax delinquents as the pandemic drags on and tax revenues, in many places, take hits. area company must pay back more than $95,000 after pocketing sales tax money owed to the state, according to authorities. TaxConnex provides services to become your outsourced sales tax department.

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