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Avalara Introduces Tax Content Essentials to Simplify Tax Rate Compliance for Growing Businesses
ATC Essentials gives businesses the accurate, up-to-date tax rate data they need.
March 31, 2016
New Guidance Focuses on Puerto Rico VAT
This coverage comes at a crucial time. On June 1, 2016, Puerto Rico will become the first U.S. jurisdiction to adopt a VAT to replace its sales and use tax regime. The transition to this new scheme began in 2015 and has been controversial.
March 14, 2016
Tampon Tax Court Case Seeks Refunds
Court papers note that the state doesn’t tax other hygiene items like Rogaine, foot powder, dandruff shampoo, ChapStick, facial wash, adult diapers and incontinence pads, but tampons and sanitary pads are subject to sales tax.
March 14, 2016
The Sticky Business of Excise and Sales Tax Requirements
There are a variety of industries that find themselves with a unique tax conundrum…they are required to calculate and file both sales and excise taxes to run their day-to-day business. So, what’s the big deal?
March 14, 2016
Why Are Products “Sometimes” Taxable?
Just when you thought you had a handle on the rules for taxing goods and services, you come face to face with the new compliance bully on the block: “sometimes taxable.” Businesses must correctly deal with these sometimes exempt and sometimes subject ...
February 24, 2016
Adam Davidson to Keynote Avalara Crush Sales Tax Conference
Davidson writes the “On Money” column for the New York Times Magazine, and rose to prominence as the co-creator of Planet Money, which reaches millions of people weekly via a blog, a twice-weekly podcast and regular stories on ‘‘Morning Edition,’’ ...
February 22, 2016
Sales Taxes Remain Steady Across U.S. – Tennessee and Puerto Rico Tax Most
Puerto Rico once again held the top spot for the highest state or U.S.-territory sales tax, at 10.5 percent, followed by Indiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Tennessee, which once again tied for the second-highest state sales tax rate of ...
February 20, 2016
Sales Tax Issues for Nonprofits
We tend to think of nonprofits – the places where we worship, adopt our pets, receive our cultural stimulation, and so on—as completely tax exempt organizations. But many of these groups do face sales tax issues, both when they purchase items and when the
February 17, 2016
February in the SALT Practice: Client Meetings
It's February and you're in the heart of busy season. Starting a new process for organizing and monitoring state and local tax chores and obligations is really not feasible at this point in time, but there are some best practices you can employ that ...
February 16, 2016
How to Avoid a State Tax Audit
Have you ever desperately tried to avoid someone at a cocktail party? Perhaps the guy who means well but asks nitpicky questions and won’t leave you alone? For accounting professionals, that party pariah is an auditor, and you should do everything ...
February 16, 2016
Congress Passes Law Banning Internet Access Taxes
Feel free to keep using the Internet without the threat of having to pay taxes on your services. (Buying products online, yes, you may have to pay sales tax. But not for your actual Internet service.)
February 16, 2016
Avalara Launches AvaTax Excise for Multi-Tax Industries
Avalara, Inc. has launched a new solution for the determination and calculation of tax for businesses in industries such as bulk fuel distribution, residential propane and heating oil distribution, vehicle and equipment rental, wholesale tobacco, and ...
January 28, 2016
Thomson Reuters Launches ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Integration for Microsoft Dynamics AX
The cloud-based, end-to-end software solution manages every step of the indirect tax process – including rate calculation, research, reporting and returns – and tightly integrates with existing sales processes to provide a complete view of sales tax ...