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December 3, 2021 

How to Back Out of Wayfair: Can a Business De-Register When Sales Drop?

Once a remote seller establishes economic nexus with a state, it must register with the state tax department and begin collecting, remitting, and filing sales tax as required by law. But what happens if that same seller’s sales eventually fall beneath the state’s economic nexus threshold? Can a business cancel its sales tax registration? If...…

Gail Cole

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October 18, 2021 

Anticipate the Wave of Change: Automating Sales Tax in the Firm

Ecommerce was already driving changes for businesses before the Wayfair ruling, with many having customers across the U.S., but with little or no requirements to comply with other states’ sales tax obligations. The pandemic greatly increased the role ...

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September 23, 2021 

West Virginia Imposes Sales Tax on Streaming Services

The West Virginia State Tax Department recently clarified that although digital products are exempt from sales and use tax in West Virginia, streaming services are subject to West Virginia sales and use tax. This is at odds with West Virginia’s earlier guidance. Previously, the Tax Department suggested it didn’t tax streaming services. It’s possible to...…

Gail Cole

Small Business Coronavirus 2

August 23, 2021 

Top Trends in State Sales Taxes and Policies

Change is afoot as we come to the end of 2021. As COVID-19 relaxes its stranglehold on the United States, states are considering how tax policies can be adjusted to help mitigate the worst effects of future crises.

Gail Cole

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August 9, 2021 

The Growing Need to Streamline Tax Compliance

While there was a time early on when many states copied the South Dakota remote seller threshold of $100,000 in gross sales or 200 individual transactions precisely, this is no longer true. Each state, looking for their own magic set of numbers that ...

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July 27, 2021 

Report Shows Trending Changes in Sales Taxes and Policies

Change is afoot as we come to the halfway mark of 2021. As COVID-19 relaxes its stranglehold on the United States, states are considering how tax policies can be adjusted to help mitigate the worst effects of future crises. Across the Atlantic, the ...

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June 22, 2021 

Most States to Treat PPP Loan Forgiveness as Nontaxable Income

Twenty-nine state tax departments responded they will follow the federal treatment of such forgiveness or cancellation under section 1160(i) of the CARES Act and will not treat these amounts as taxable income. An executive summary of the survey, which ...