Taxes March 31, 2026
WalletHub compared all 50 states by examining the three major types of state tax burdens—individual income taxes, property taxes, and sales and excise taxes—and calculating their cost as a percentage of total personal income in each state.
September 24, 2020
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has made selling online essential for many businesses. Economic nexus and marketplace facilitator laws obligate many online sellers to register in states where they have no physical presence.
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September 23, 2020
The shift from cable to streaming services has taken an enormous bite out of state and local tax collections. To replenish their coffers, state and local governments have developed a patchwork of new streaming-specific taxes that ...
September 22, 2020
The flurry of activity at the city and district levels indicates that taxes will continue to play a major role in the post-COVID economy. Future adjustments could take the form of a tax decrease to stimulate economic activity.
September 21, 2020
As more products and services become taxable, tax structures become increasingly complex, especially when it comes to calculating consumer use tax in critical business functions such as accruals, asset and goods management and purchase orders.
September 21, 2020
The burden of compliance starts as soon as a business starts making sales in an economic nexus state, because it’s necessary to determine whether economic nexus has been established. All states except Kansas provide an exception for companies selling ...
September 21, 2020
The roundup is an overview of recent sales tax changes across the U.S.
September 15, 2020
AvaTax for Beverage Alcohol is a central component in the Avalara for Beverage Alcohol suite of products, which provides comprehensive support for beverage alcohol businesses across the compliance life cycle, from licensing and product registrations ...
August 25, 2020
Transaction tax changes are on pace to reach the second highest total in the past 11 years. 150 city sales tax rate adjustments have occurred to date this year—with all but 10 being rate hikes—and those numbers aren’t likely to slow down.
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August 19, 2020
By partnering with Avalara, a tax compliance software provider, Billtrust customers will benefit from an automated process to collect, validate, store and manage sales tax exemption certificates, eliminating manual work and creating a ...
August 10, 2020
Retailers with no physical presence in Tennessee are currently required to collect and remit Tennessee sales tax if their annual sales into the state exceed $500,000. Starting October 1, 2020, out-of-state businesses and marketplace facilitators must ...
August 4, 2020
As of July 1, 2020, wineries are required to collect Chicago liquor tax on sales made directly to consumers with a Chicago address. This is a significant departure from previous policy: Chicago liquor tax applied only to sales made physically in the city through June 30, 2020. The change to the Chicago liquor tax policy only affects wineries and other wine sellers, because breweries...…
August 4, 2020
Federal, state, and local officials scrambled to support struggling businesses and individuals when the coronavirus (COVID-19) first hit. They placed temporary moratoriums on evictions, pushed income tax due dates to July 15, and waived interest and ...