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Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
February 12, 2021
Avalara Announces 10 Newly Certified Integrations into Business Applications and 22 New Marketplace Customers
Avalara has been a partner-centric company since its founding in 2004, with a concerted focus on integrating with technology solutions already in use by existing and future customers. Avalara Certified integration partners have met criteria developed ...
February 11, 2021
IRS Issues Urgent EFIN Scam Alert to Tax Pros
The Security Summit partners said the latest scheme, arriving just before the start of the nation’s tax season, should serve as another reminder that tax professionals remain prime targets for identity thieves.
February 9, 2021
Report Shows Trends Around Sales Tax Rates and Rules
Vertex consistently tracks sales tax rates and rules and produces detailed mid-year and end-of-year reports featuring tax data over a 10-year period. These reports are widely referenced by industry groups and indirect tax think tanks.
February 9, 2021
Sovos Appoints New COO
Global tax software provider Sovos has appointed Ruth Fornell to the newly created role of chief operations officer. Fornell comes to Sovos with extensive experience leading global teams, most recently as a general manager at payment systems company ...
February 9, 2021
Some Tax Pros Want an Extension of the Tax Year
Last year, with the U.S. facing the then-new COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on government, businesses and individuals, the IRS pushed the tax deadline from the usual date of April 15 until July 15. But that was 2020.
February 9, 2021
Congress: Next Stimulus Checks Likely to Go to Same Who Received Last Payment: $1,400
House Democrats are proposing to limit the next round of Covid-19 relief payments to households earning less than $200,000, after criticism that President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package would benefit the rich.
February 5, 2021
Washington State Says Attendance at Trade Shows is a Sales Tax Nexus
There’s been a lot of emphasis in recent years on the United States Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., which allowed states to tax businesses with no physical presence in the state. However, physical presence in a state ...
February 3, 2021
New York Takes Another Shot at Taxing Digital Advertising Sales
As it did in 2020, New York is looking to tax digital advertising services. Two bills introduced last week would broaden the state’s sales tax to digital advertising services. Another would tax gross revenue derived from digital advertising services ...
February 3, 2021
The Retirement Saver’s Income Tax Credit for 2021
Are you or someone in your family—say, a child who recently graduated from college—embarking on a new career? It’s not too early to start saving for retirement. In fact, it’s generally recommended that you begin retirement planning once you’re ...
February 3, 2021
4 Tactics to Help Your E-Commerce Clients with Sales Tax Compliance
For CPA firms that do not have the resources to execute these measures, outsourcing sales and use tax compliance to a trusted partner can be a valuable alternative. To learn more about advising your E-Commerce clients on sales tax compliance in ...
January 26, 2021
Maryland Gives Businesses a Break with Sales Tax Filing and Payment Deadlines
To help businesses weather the devastating and ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Comptroller of Maryland has extended filing and payment deadlines for certain Maryland business taxes.
January 26, 2021
Brexit Mayhem Exhibit A: The Case of the Leather Bike Seat
Prior to Brexit and the implementation of the U.K. ecommerce package, companies with locations throughout the EU could freely move goods between the U.K. and other EU member states. But now that the U.K. has left the Customs Union and VAT regime, goods...