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Managing exempt sales during the rise of economic nexus

Managing Tax Compliance

We know sales tax is already confusing and tedious. According to the 2017 Wakefield Report, Finance professionals spend on average 18 hours a month reconciling and filing sales tax returns. If your company is expanding into new geographies wouldn't .

Does Your Company Sell Out of State? 

Are your systems ready to deal with the changes in the sales tax landscape? The Supreme Court ruling on 6/21/2018 in South Dakota vs. Wayfair, states that states can require online retailers to collect sales tax. The previous ruling in Quill Corp. .

Ohio’s new web cookie tax challenged by ACMA

Originally posted by Avalara. The constitutionality, enforceability, and validity of Ohio’s new reporting requirements for remote retailers, which took effect Jan. 1, 2018, are under fire. The American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA) claims .

The Top 5 Third Party Add-Ons for Sage 500 ERP

Sage 500 ERP is a solid product with years of stability, customer successes and enhancements. Like any software application, though, Sage 500 ERP doesn’t address every need or requirement for every business. Sage 500 ERP customers often look to fill .

Pardoned turkeys give sales tax the bird

Repost from Avalara It’s an annual tradition for the President of the United States to pardon a turkey at Thanksgiving. Which president started the trend is up for debate, but White House history dates the first turkey clemency to 1865, when Abraham .

More States Dare to Mess with Nexus

Repost from Avalara $24 billion. That’s the amount of uncollected sales tax from ecommerce retail sales at last count. Those billions of dollars are a powerful motivator for U.S. states who are collectively facing $19 billion in budget shortfalls .

How software integrations help handle sales tax changes

Ever since e-commerce first gained traction in the 1990s, state governments have wondered about how to best assess sales taxes for online purchases. The standard since 1992 has been the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, .