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January 21, 2020 

Grant Thornton Launches Indirect Tax Platform

The platform bridges the various indirect tax management functions into one simplified workflow, easing the compliance burden in addition to providing insight for strategic management.

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December 19, 2019 

The Wackiest Sales Tax News of 2019

Some of the wackiest sales tax tales in 2019 centered on remote sales tax. States won the right to tax remote sales only recently, with the United States Supreme Court decision on South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. (June 21, 2018) — and implementation ...

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December 9, 2019 

New York Sets Confusing, Retroactive Sales Tax Policy

The January 2019 notice provided an exception for small remote sellers. Businesses with no physical presence in New York need to collect New York sales tax only if, in the immediately preceding four sales tax quarters ...

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October 2, 2019 

Why You’re No Longer in Control of Sales Tax Nexus

In the wake of Wayfair, you need to monitor your sales into all states with economic nexus — and that’s almost all states. Of the 45 states* (plus the District of Columbia) that have a general sales tax, 43 have an economic nexus law or rule.

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September 23, 2019 

September Sales Tax Roundup

Sales tax never takes a break. Although only a handful of state legislatures are in session in August, there were still plenty of sales tax changes. Congress looks to regulate state remote sales tax laws. A small group of federal lawmakers from non-sales-tax states are still pushing to regulate the way states tax remote sales. Learn...…

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August 12, 2019 

Online Retailers Like Wayfair Opening Pop-Up Shops at Malls

Megg Dillon, 36, has been wanting to redecorate her Santa Monica, Calif., apartment, so she appreciated physically seeing the items she usually browsed online. “I do like that pineapple,” she said to her friend, referring to the fruit-shape cutting board inside home furnishings retailer Wayfair’s pop-up shop at the King of Prussia Mall. “How cute...…