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December 18, 2014 

The global sales tax solution provider Avalara, Inc. has acquired VATLive.com, a leading global online resource for timely tax news, insight, and rate changes.

December 18, 2014 

More than 140 million tax returns were filed last year, and more than half of with them were prepared with the help of a paid return preparer.

December 18, 2014 

A rose may be a rose by any other name, but is a candy bar sales taxable or exempt as a food item? There are more than 8,000 sales taxing jurisdictions in the United States (states, counties, cities and special districts), and many of them find ...

December 18, 2014 

Look up sales tax rates for any location in the U.S for free at www.avataxrates.com. -- Look up rates by ZIP, GPS or address. The graphical map interface shows tax jurisdictions overlaid on the map so that you can see precise boundaries.

December 18, 2014 

Look up sales tax rates for any location in the U.S. Look up rates by GPS or by street address. The graphical map interface shows tax jurisdictions overlaid on the map so that you can see precise boundaries.

December 18, 2014 

As the new year begins, many managers find themselves evaluating their departments and assessing ways to do things better, faster and cheaper. If fostering an innovative culture is a priority for your company, you’re not alone. Many public accounting firm

Paul McDonald

December 18, 2014 

Suppose you need to sell stock to realize a capital gain or loss at the end of the year. As the time for the stock exchange to close business on December 31 nears, you pull the trigger on the transaction, just getting it in under the wire. Will the result

December 17, 2014 

The most widespread challenge facing audit, risk management and compliance professionals is putting their work into a context that speaks to executives. According to the 2014 GRC Technology Pulse Survey, conducted by ACL, the company that is ...

December 17, 2014 

As part of its last moves before the holidays, the lame duck Congress and Senate passed the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, which primarily focused on many tax deductions and credits that had technically expired at the end of last year.

December 17, 2014 

It’s a classic conundrum – to build versus to buy. Make dinner at home versus take-out. DIY that holiday wreath or roam a tree farm to choose the perfect one for the door. While there are certainly people constructing their own coffee table ...

December 17, 2014 

Earnings stripping allows companies to avoid U.S. corporate tax by shifting domestic earning to low- and no-tax jurisdictions. In the process, the U.S. part of the company is saddled with debt which is owed to the foreign entity. The interest payments o

December 17, 2014 

There was no Cyber-Monday this year, and in truth no Black Friday. Instead, retailers hosted a minor level of price cuts in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, a means of testing the waters. That text wax only moderately successful, which is good ...

Dave McClure