October 8, 2015
Portfolio Shows How States Are Applying Sales Tax to Cloud Computing Transactions
New guidance is available for state and local tax professionals that examines how cloud computing is increasingly affected by state sales taxes.
September 28, 2015
4 Sales Tax Pointers for Self-Employed Clients
Self-employed clients are innovative, entrepreneurial and like taking a lot of risk, but probably aren’t paying much attention to their back-office operations, including the somewhat complicated issue of sales tax.
September 22, 2015
Avalara Launches Sales Tax Service for Xero Customers
Cloud tax solutions provider Avalara has launched a new automated sales tax rates and returns service for Xero customers. The integration provides tax rate data in real time, enabling quick and automatic access for inclusion in customer invoices.
September 15, 2015
Avalara Gives Exclusive Benefits Program to QuickBooks ProAdvisors
The Avalara Sales Tax Compliance App provides an automated sales tax calculation and return filings compliance solution within the familiar QBO interface. It’s cloud-based and always up to date, ensuring that sales tax rate, rule and boundary ...
September 15, 2015
Navient Awarded Indiana Tax Amnesty Contract
Navient has been awarded a performance-based contract from the Indiana Department of Revenue. Under the terms of the contract, Navient will assist with the Tax Amnesty 2015 program, which allows taxpayers who have past-due taxes a limited-time ...
August 24, 2015
New Cloud-Based BNA Sales Tax Rates System Offers More Search Functions
The system includes a new web-based interface and more search options and the ability to receive automatic delivery of access links to the latest sales tax rates, helping provide accurate sales and use tax rates when and where they are needed.
August 14, 2015
7 Tips for Promoting Your Sales Tax Practice
By their nature, accountants often eschew promoting themselves and their services. For years we were told it was ethically improper to promote ourselves, but in the present day, it's very common for accountants to take the lead in self-promotion.
August 4, 2015
Sales Taxes Across U.S. Rose Slightly in 2Q 2015
The U.S. average combined sales tax rate shrunk marginally in the second quarter despite a 30 percent increase in new local indirect taxes, according to the latest ONESOURCE Indirect Tax report from Thomson Reuters.
July 30, 2015
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Integrates with hybris Commerce Suite
The ONESOURCE Indirect Tax engine technology automatically provides estimates as items are placed into the hybris order. Detailed tax calculations are provided at the time of checkout, and users can keep track of tax liabilities for downstream compliance.
July 1, 2015
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting Acquires SureTax
Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has signed and completed an agreement to acquire SureTax, one of the most comprehensive and technologically advanced tax calculation engines available in the U.S. market.
June 16, 2015
New Information and Tools for SALT Accountants
There is never a dull moment in the area of state and local taxes. If you're a SALT accountant, you know what I'm talking about. Laws are constantly changing at the state and local level, Congress spends a lot of time talking about the Marketplace ...
June 16, 2015
Avalara Acquires European VAT System, Expands Global Presence
Based in Belgium, iVAT is an important acquisition for Avalara as it expands its global reach and accelerates its ability to provide accurate VAT content to support merchants in Europe and worldwide.