Taxes December 19, 2025
2025-2026 Tax Season Guide to OBBBA Tax Law Changes – SPECIAL SERIES
This series of articles spotlights key tax issues and changes made to tax law in 2025 and the years to come as a result of the OBBBA.
September 25, 2018
eBay to Start Collecting Sales Taxes in Washington, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania
Online marketplace eBay has announced it will collect and remit sales and use tax on behalf of sellers in three states next year: Washington starting January 1, 2019, and Oklahoma and Pennsylvania as of July 1, 2019. That list is likely to grow as ...
September 21, 2018
Firm Differentiation, How to Attract New Clients, and the Post-Wayfair Trusted Advisor Role
In a recent interview with Avalara, Jennifer Kolterman, CPA, a director at Hutchinson and Bloodgood LLP in the accounting firm’s San Diego, Calif., office, discussed how she and the firm maintain success in the accounting profession.
September 20, 2018
As States Rush to Adopt Economic Nexus Post-Wayfair, Is Congressional Action Needed?
It’s hard to escape any discussion of Wayfair these days. This isn’t surprising, as we witnessed history on June 21, 2018, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the physical presence standard in South Dakota v. Wayfair. And in doing so, overturned ...
September 13, 2018
Category 2 Hurricane Florence Strikes North and South Carolina
Hurricane Florence remains a powerful major hurricane, but has been downgraded to a Category 3, as its sustained winds have decreased to 115 mph. The forecast track of Florence has the storm making landfall near Wilmington, N.C. around midday Friday ...
September 10, 2018
Sales Tax Exemption Certificates: Collect the Tax or Get the Doc
Every transaction between a buyer and a seller should be taxed or documented, which is a lot of work. Instead, many companies take the risk that they won’t get caught, while others assume they are exempt from sales tax collection because they are ...
September 9, 2018
Supreme Court’s Wayfair Decision: How States and Sellers Are Reacting to New Sales Tax Rules
Although we have the decision from SCOTUS, many questions remain. How will the states proceed with remote seller legislation? What will the effects be of the South Dakota remand? Will Congress step in and pass any federal legislation?
September 7, 2018
U.S. Prosecuting 15 Foreign Nationals and 5 India Call Centers for IRS Telephone Tax Scams
An indictment was unsealed on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2018, charging 20 individuals and entities for their alleged involvement in a transnational criminal organization that victimized over 2,000 people in the United States through a fraudulent India ...
September 6, 2018
State Income & Sales Tax Update for Manufacturers & Distributors
Join BKD’s Bob Johnson Jr. and Jim Pierzchalski for a 60-minute discussion covering updates and key considerations related to state income and sales tax. With recent state tax legislative updates in response to U.S. federal tax reform and the U.S. Supreme Court’s South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. decision, it’s important to understand how these issues—such as economic...…
August 31, 2018
Tax Planning Lives in the Cloud
Tax reporting and compliance has proven difficult to keep up with in recent years, and these changes just throw more fuel onto the fire. For CPAs focused on tax, these new changes will usher in even more complexity into their day to day jobs.
August 30, 2018
Why Accounting Firms Should Niche in the Medical Marijuana Industry
All medical marijuana growers and dispensaries have very specific accounting requirements and are need of qualified Accountants and Bookkeepers to help them stay compliant as well as stay on top of their cash flow, inventory management, and ...
August 28, 2018
Costly Mistakes of a Sales Tax Audit
When a business owner receives a notice of routine audit, there are typically three responses: (1) panic, (2) non-responsiveness, or (3) careful planning. There are many effective and structured ways for your client to handle an audit.
August 26, 2018
Melissa A. Oaks, J.D., LL.M. – 2018 20 Under 40 Vendor Superstar
Melissa A. Oaks, J.D., LL.M. Managing Editor,Thomson Reutershttps://tax.thomsonreuters.com/checkpoint/catalyst Twitter: @melissaaoaks Career Highlights: I started my career practicing law in New York – first, within a large firm’s tax division and later, as a sole practitioner. I joined Thomson Reuters in 2013 as part of a talented team developing state and local tax content for a...…