September 9, 2013
Seattle-based Amazon late last year hired Patton Boggs, a marquee Washington, D.C., lobbying group, to join two other firms on retainer as well as Amazon's in-house lobbyists in hopes of getting the Marketplace Fairness Act passed.
August 19, 2013
Craig Will has fielded more than his share of grumbling customers since a new state tax on farm equipment repairs took effect. Will works at Midwest Machinery in Sauk Rapids, which repairs farm implements and other equipment. Will says many farmers who bring their machines in for repairs aren’t aware of the new sales tax,...…
August 19, 2013
Tax professionals know it. Most accounting professionals know it. When it comes to businesses, most follow at least the letter, if not the spirit, of the law. But most other Americans still don’t seem to understand that they are probably a tax cheat.
August 16, 2013
A sales tax dispute between Amazon and Missouri has landed on online entrepreneurs in the state.
August 1, 2013
Back-to-school shoppers will get a chance to save some cash this week when Florida's sales tax holiday kicks off.
July 29, 2013
Sales and use tax is one of the three primary areas which legislators use to fund state and local government (the other two major areas are income taxes and property taxes). The concept is relatively simple: if you buy something tangible, you pay a fixed percentage to the local government as a tax.
July 25, 2013
Thomson Reuters, provider of tax and accounting software, recently announced the integration of the 2013 back-to-school tax holidays into its ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Software.
July 25, 2013
In efforts to help back-to-school shoppers, CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, has updated the 2013 state tax holidays, providing information on which states offer the tax holidays, what items are covered and when the holidays take place.
July 25, 2013
Additional Savings on Energy-efficiency Purchases
July 19, 2013
Parents Will Spend an Estimated $72.5 Billion This Year for School Supplies
July 17, 2013
CCH has been selected by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to deliver comprehensive sales tax rate and taxability tables to help millions of Americans prepare their tax returns.
July 15, 2013
Avalara and AGN International-North America have announced the formation of a new strategic alliance that will enable AGN-NA member firms to access critical sales and use tax (SUT) and value added tax (VAT) information and related resources to better meet member firm clients’ needs.