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The changing state of e-commerce

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A click produces a delivery within the hour, the goods having been stored in one of many small warehouses near consumers. The buyer physically goes to the retailer, such as a Walmart or Target store, and picks up the item bought earlier online. In-store pick-up, however, can be a hotbed of bad sales tax calculation if done carelessly.

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Hot Topics: Sellers and marketplace facilitators | TaxConnex

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Marketplace facilitators enable these sales by listing the products, taking the payments, collecting receipts and sometimes assisting in shipment. A facilitator such as Amazon might have warehouses in many states and may store the inventory of its sellers in many tax jurisdictions. States may, however, be easing off.

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Don't forget physical nexus!

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The Sales Tax Institute claims that one of the biggest misconceptions in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Wayfair decision is tax-collection requirements triggered by physical nexus (aka “physical presence”) no longer apply.

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Retail Sales and Wages Grew in March

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Unlike survey-based numbers collected by the Census Bureau, the Retail Monitor uses actual, anonymized credit and debit card purchase data compiled by Affinity Solutions and does not need to be revised monthly or annually. Health and personal care stores were up 0.03% month over month seasonally adjusted and up 4.5%

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Unexpected Growth Can Mean Sales Tax Obligations

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Businesses must also be aware of triggering the obligation to collect and remit sales tax due to a physical presence. A physical presence is often seen as your physical office location but can be determined by where your inventory is stored, where employees work or where third-party contractors are utilized, among other criteria.

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Amazon Warehouse Does Not Create Physical Nexus in PA

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The Guild is a group of online businesses who participate in Amazon’s Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) Program, who generally had limited choice where their inventory was stored and who had no other connections to the state. An agreement altered.

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Four years since Wayfair: A trend takes hold

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The Supreme Court Wayfair decision four years ago gave tax jurisdictions the sudden power to require countless companies to collect and remit sales tax. Companies also wondered if they were collecting and remitting the correct sales tax – and if they were at risk for audit. What a 48 months it’s been. How is technology being taxed?