March 25, 2021
Will Digital Advertising Taxes Spread in 2021?
As Maryland prepares to enforce the first digital advertising tax in the nation, Massachusetts and several other states are pursuing digital advertising taxes of their own.
March 24, 2021
Retailers Still Challenged by Wayfair and Marketplace Sales Tax Laws
The United States Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. set off an avalanche of economic nexus and marketplace facilitator laws. More than two years later, retailers of all sizes are still grappling with the debris.
March 23, 2021
Thomson Reuters Partners With Armanino LLP for Sales and Use Tax Compliance
Thomson Reuters has partnered and provided integration of its indirect tax solutions with Armanino LLP, one of the 25 largest independent accounting and business consulting firms in the nation.
March 22, 2021
Alcohol Sellers Face More Complex Nexus Rules
When we talk to direct-to-consumer (DTC) shippers of alcohol, fairly consistently there’s either a lack of awareness about how economic nexus laws can impact their business or a lot of confusion about when and how nexus changes their tax compliance ...
March 22, 2021
Georgia May Start Taxing Digital Products in July
Lawmakers in Georgia are looking to extend the state’s sales and use tax to digital goods and services. If House Bill 594 is enacted as written, audiovisual works, electronic books, video games, and a host of other digital products and services would ...
March 16, 2021
Vertex Extends Portfolio with Systax Solution to Simplify Tax Compliance for Brazilian Businesses
The addition of this product enables Vertex to continue to expand its content and footprint in Latin America, while extending Systax solutions more broadly in North America and Europe.
March 16, 2021
Virginia Gives Sales Tax Exemption to Facemasks, PPE to Help Fight Covid
Virginia has adopted a temporary sales tax exemption for personal protective equipment. Lawmakers hope it will encourage Virginia businesses to adhere to the measures necessary to control, prevent, and mitigate spread of the coronavirus.
March 1, 2021
COVID Pushes Tax into Spotlight as Strategy for Resilience
While an economic downturn had long been anticipated, no one expected a pandemic would plunge the globe into economic chaos with such exacting scope and speed. When Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in ...
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
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 7, 2021
Avalara Launches Managed Returns for Accountants: System Automates Sales Taxes
A cloud sales tax returns solution designed exclusively for accounting firms, MRA enables firms to extend their practice with automated sales tax preparation and filing services, to provide clients with the benefits of a fully managed returns service.
November 24, 2020
AICPA Recognizes Three Tax Experts with Awards During Fall Tax Division Meeting
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has announced that N.C. State University’s Poole College of Management’s Roby Sawyers, Ph.D, CPA, has received its Arthur J. Dixon Award. Also, Grant Thornton’s Jamie C. Yesnowitz, J.D., L.L.M. and Jeff Martin, ...