TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Sales tax is not something top of mind for most executives, but it is something that the majority of businesses will have to manage at some level. No matter the size of your business, if you are selling a taxable product or service and establish nexus in specific states or jurisdictions, then you have a sales tax obligation.

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Sales Tax Technology auditor 214

TaxConnex

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Sales tax is a major obligation for your business. Sales tax rates and taxability rules differ by state and even locality. Software that has the rates and taxability rules built-in helps make sure you charge the right sales tax with each purchase. Sales tax calculation software does make sense.

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Technology Sales Tax E-commerce 147

TaxConnex

MARCH 26, 2024

We are at the end of Q1 of 2024 and continue to discuss how to ensure your business is set up to get sales tax right in 2024. If you’re like the over 49% of businesses who participated in our annual sales tax trends survey and are unsatisfied with the way you are managing sales tax, then you’re in the right place.

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Sales Tax tax return Retail 159

TaxConnex

APRIL 30, 2024

Q: Is this a “tax” or a “fee”? As with many taxes, this was created as one way to generate revenue. A: States always think a tax-revenue avenue is a good idea. As they begin to roll out these fees, states are taking lessons from Colorado – but as with everything about sales tax, details vary by state.

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Minnesota Colorado Retail Tax 222

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

APRIL 19, 2024

Residents of Canada are required to reflect all sources of worldwide income on their personal tax returns. not TFSA, RRSPs or FHSAs), to ensure that you have received all tax documents and report them. If you do make a withdrawal during the year, you will receive a T4RSP slip which is to be reported on your tax return.

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TaxConnex

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Now it’s time to register with the states to collect and remit sales tax. You complete your sales tax registrations and file them with the departments of revenue or taxation in each state. These registrations are called sales tax permits, sometimes licenses. The correct type of tax. Where to begin?

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Sales Tax West Virginia North Dakota 147

TaxConnex

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Know what word in sales tax also has five letters? Few issues in the area of tax are more terrifying than this kind of exam from a tax authority. Sales tax audits can certainly become nightmares – but they can be handled, too, with the right steps, allowing you and your business to move forward.

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audit Sales Tax auditor 147

TaxConnex

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

(We generally recommend that companies start watching their nexus requirements when they hit the $100,000 in sales in a state. Companies also must always consider how physical presence , such as offices or even just sales reps, can create nexus.) Louisiana home-rule locations largely follow their state-wide tax treatment for TTP.

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Sales Tax South Dakota Colorado 202

TaxConnex

AUGUST 10, 2023

Your online business is painfully aware of tax deadlines for income, payroll, property and other local taxes. Sales and use taxes have their deadlines, too – a dizzying number to follow, potentially with bad consequences if you miss even one. A lot of complications Currently, sales tax across the U.S.

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Sales Tax tax return payroll 130

TaxConnex

AUGUST 1, 2023

You sell an item to a customer, they decide for whatever reason to return it, and you give them a refund. Except when sales tax becomes involved. One in every five … What are the odds your online company will have to deal with returns and make refunds? And the state or local sales tax you also charged on the purchase?

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Sales Rhode Island Tax Michigan 130

TaxConnex

AUGUST 31, 2023

Online selling of products and services triggers sales tax obligations today like never before – and has ever since the Supreme Court’s 2018 Wayfair decision unleashed economic nexus on e-commerce merchants nationwide. The thresholds can be a dollar amount in sales, a set number of sales or a combination.

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Sales E-commerce Tax Alaska 229

TaxConnex

OCTOBER 20, 2020

When looking at all that goes in to maintaining your business’s compliance in sales tax, the filing of your returns is often seen as one of the easiest tasks. To be sure you have that, you must understand the difference between sales tax, seller's use tax, and vendor's use tax. Pick the right form.

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TaxConnex

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

If your business has an obligation to collect and remit sales tax, then you know how complex the process can be. Automating part or all of the sales tax process is sometimes necessary to maintain compliance. However, in my experience, sales tax automation can be counterproductive in certain situations.

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Technology Sales Tax tax return 223

TaxConnex

OCTOBER 6, 2022

It’s a common scenario: A company has decided to sell, then due diligence turns up a $2 million risk in past sales tax obligations and compliance. Do you have solid positions and reasons for your sales tax decisions? Can you defend your sale tax position to minimize the escrow’s impact? Estimating exposure.

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Sales Tax tax return audit 198

TaxConnex

APRIL 14, 2022

Sales tax is more complicated than ever, especially in a post-Wayfair world. And what’s worse is that everyone who says they’re simplifying sales tax is still leaving the hardest parts – and the liability – up to you. Sales tax registrations are completed at the Department of Revenue within each state.

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Sales Tax tax return Start-ups 159

TaxConnex

APRIL 6, 2023

The 2018 Supreme Court Wayfair decision gave us a bright line standard for determining sales tax nexus: Generate a set amount of revenue in a state in a set amount of time and your company has to collect and remit the applicable sales tax. Managing sales tax is burdensome. Seems clear.

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Technology Sales Tax tax return 130

TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A ccording to TaxConnex’s recent market survey of 100 top finance professionals, this could be the year to outsource sales tax. Three of these execs’ biggest in-house deficiencies to managing sales tax in 2022: bandwidth, internal knowledge and the right partner or solution. Seems like something needs to change.

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Sales Tax income tax tax return 232

TaxConnex

MARCH 7, 2023

Online retailers and eCommerce companies have been the focal point of taxing jurisdictions and their updated nexus laws for years. Our third annual survey of financial professionals revealed a sales tax storm in many industries. Yet these companies are unhappy about they handle sales tax.

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Sales Retail Tax tax return 130

TaxConnex

OCTOBER 12, 2023

And one thing that can pound a stake through the heart of a promising M&A is unearthing past tax liability during due diligence. Enter past-due sales tax, a sometimes-overlooked and haunting liability that might not get the attention of, say, overdue income or property tax, until it’s too late.

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Sales Tax audit tax return 113

TaxConnex

DECEMBER 28, 2021

And that means that more companies may find themselves with new sales tax obligations. eCommerce sales – topping the $200-billion mark for the first time. How does this impact sales tax obligations? Then there’s the danger of sales tax audits. billion in U.S.

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Sales Tax audit tax return 182

TaxConnex

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In our blog last week, we looked at how sales and use tax advisory services might be a good new field for CPAs and accounting firms. Another cost-effective approach to adding sales and use tax advisory services: partnering with sales and use tax experts. Review the sales tax payable account.

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accounting firms Sales Tax tax return 130

TaxConnex

APRIL 13, 2023

Our third annual survey of financial professionals across accounting, manufacturing, construction, software and technology, retail/eCommerce, telecom and others showed that many industries face sales tax challenges and that financial leaders continue to lean on internal resources to get the job done. What’s keeping them up at night?

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Sales Tax tax return audit 130

TaxConnex

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Sales tax, unlike other types of taxes, has many deadlines, not once or twice a year, but often every month and it doesn’t fall on the same day for every business, or state. Not to mention, the process of reporting sales tax and the amount of information required on each return varies with each state and local jurisdiction.

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Sales Tax New Jersey Louisiana 191

TaxConnex

OCTOBER 4, 2022

So you’ve done the smart thing and determined that your company has sales tax obligations in various states. Now you must collect, file, and remit sales tax in multiple states. Only slightly more than a third (36%) are happy with how they manage sales tax. That’s a great first step.

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Sales Tax tax return Colorado 130

TaxConnex

OCTOBER 19, 2021

You may think your business is in full compliance with your sales tax obligations nationwide – and you may well be – but America’s 10,000-plus sales tax jurisdictions love to send notices. Follow instructions or recommendations on the notice and make appropriate changes to your system to maintain sales tax compliance.

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Sales Tax tax return Account 210

TaxConnex

MAY 30, 2023

You know all about reaching sales tax nexus: selling enough or having a physical presence in a tax jurisdiction sufficient to create a connection with that jurisdiction and create an obligation for you to collect and remit sales tax. But business and sales patterns change over time. Nexus shall exist.’

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Sales Michigan Tax Wisconsin 130

Going Concern

JANUARY 10, 2024

Today in clients behaving badly, the DoJ announced Friday that Las Vegas restaurateur Raul Gil, who owns and operates three Casa Don Juan restaurants in the city, is headed to prison for 37 months for evading his federal income taxes. In total, Gil caused a tax loss to the IRS of approximately $1.6

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tax return Tax Nevada income tax 62

TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

But sometimes, the deal is held up for various reasons – including sales tax exposure within the company being acquired. But many business owners have been gut-punched during due diligence when an unanticipated sales and use tax? This could all be avoided if founders know their potential risk with sales and use tax?beforehand

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Sales Tax tax return payroll 194

TaxConnex

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Last week we talked about all of the different filing frequencies and deadlines you have to manage with your sales tax obligation. T rying to meet your sales tax obligations across many different states confronts you with a head-spinning assortment of deadlines and filing frequencies. If you missed that – check it out!

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Sales Tax Maryland tax return 179

TaxConnex

APRIL 7, 2022

Federal Income Tax Day, April 18 th , looms large in everybody’s mind right now. Too bad sales tax doesn’t come with a deadline that simple. State sales tax filing obligations come in a dizzying number of deadlines for you to follow (potentially with bad consequences if you don’t).

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Sales Tax income tax Texas 196

TaxConnex

JUNE 6, 2023

It also offers complex sales tax obligations you may not know about. If you sell in Europe, you know about the value-added tax (VAT) on online sales, which is applied at each stage of the supply chain and with rates generally applied at a country level and exceptions on certain products. offers you a huge new market.

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Sales Tax South Dakota Alaska 130

RogerRossmeisl

MAY 15, 2023

If you’re a crypto investor or user, you may have noticed something new on your tax return this year. The post Tax News for Investors and Users of Cryptocurrency appeared first on Roger Rossmeisl, CPA. And you may soon notice a new form reporting requirements for digital assets. Transactions are reported.

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Tax tax return CPA Sales 234

TaxConnex

JANUARY 12, 2023

It’s a fair bet, then, that sooner or later you’re going to be selling online into Puerto Rico, which has a sales tax. state with a sales tax has economic nexus thresholds – does Puerto Rico? Such companies must register with the Puerto Rico Department of Treasury and collect and remit Puerto Rico sales tax.

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Sales Tax Real Estate Manufacturing 130

TaxConnex

MARCH 1, 2023

Sales tax compliance is riddled with risk. While these pass-through taxes are not meant to create a financial burden on a business, failure to comply can create significant risk and managing the obligations can be a burden to the team who has to manage them.

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Sales Tax audit tax return 130

TaxConnex

APRIL 20, 2023

If you refer to “filing taxes” most people think of income tax with its annual filing requirement. State sales tax is another beast altogether, with a dizzying number of deadlines – and, potentially, serious consequences for missing one. The states’ call Why no uniformity in sales tax requirements?

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Sales Tax income tax tax return 130

TaxConnex

JANUARY 26, 2023

There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Gary Bingel, partner-in-charge for state and local taxes in accounting firm EisnerAmper’s State and Local Tax National Tax Group, made several predictions for 2023 in sales and other taxes. Crystal ball time.

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Sales Tax Arkansas Missouri 130

TaxConnex

AUGUST 29, 2023

Online selling of products and services has always been in the vanguard of sales tax obligations. Nexus thresholds can be a dollar amount in sales, a set number of sales or a combination. And of course, states’ thresholds vary widely, as do what products or services each state or tax jurisdiction considers taxable.

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Sales E-commerce Tax Manufacturing 130