December 2, 2018
Ready or not, the holidays are here. This is the busiest time of year for most retailers — and typically involves an enormous amount of shipping. A review of state sales tax rules for shipping and delivery charges therefore seems in order.
November 19, 2018
Last December’s tax-reform bill upends conventional tax-planning strategies and dramatically changes the landscape for this year’s tax filings. The good news is that there is still time to ease the pain of the upcoming filing season – even this late ...
November 19, 2018
Overall, 2018 Technology Fast 500 companies achieved revenue growth ranging from 143 percent to 77,260 percent from 2014 to 2017, with median growth of 412 percent. Avalara recorded 158 percent revenue growth during this period.
November 19, 2018
To determine how much business a remote seller is doing in a state, economic nexus laws rely on the volume of sales, the number of transactions, or both. For example, the South Dakota law that led to the demise of the physical presence rule uses the ...
November 17, 2018
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November 5, 2018
Starting January 1, 2019, online marketplace eBay will collect and remit Minnesota sales tax on behalf of out-of-state sellers making sales in the state. However, Minnesota-based eBay sellers will still be responsible for collecting and remitting ...
October 24, 2018
VPTax is owned and operated by experts drawn from senior level positions at the Big 4 accounting firms. By leveraging proprietary software applications and in-house expertise, VPTax delivers superior quality at prices far below the competition.
October 15, 2018
Everybody’s got to live somewhere, and once there, we’ve got all kinds of issues to deal with including security, renovation, repairs, maintenance, design, and so on. If you haven’t settled yet, then there’s the additional issue of home searching.
October 15, 2018
Why Accounting Firms Should Niche in the Medical Cannabis Industry By Richard Roppa In case you haven’t noticed yet, the medical marijuana industry is growing fast. No matter your position on the medical and recreational use of marijuana stands, you should be paying attention to the explosive growth and needs of this industry because… the...…
October 15, 2018
Many states are likely to move quickly to impose taxes (some already have). But it could take time for things to play out. For the moment, the Supreme Court’s decision applies only to South Dakota’s tax on internet retailers.
October 8, 2018
Avalara launched the new sales tax registration and business licensing service at a time when businesses, especially online sellers, need it most. The South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. ruling in June 2018 upended decades of established sales tax law.
September 25, 2018
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 ...