Sales tax

Sales tax rates stayed unchanged in the third quarter of the year for the most part, according to a new report.

The minimum amount of contact between a taxpayer and a state that allows the state to tax the business on its activities is under attack as states seek to broaden its reach.

A total of 37 states provide full exemptions from sales and use taxes on manufacturing equipment and machinery, but for the rest of the states, the rules can be different.

The average rate for sales taxes across the U.S. increased a bit in the second quarter of the year, according to a new report.

Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting said Monday the Internal Revenue Service has selected it for the 12th year in a row to provide sales tax rate and taxability tables for taxpayers.

Back-to-school time in Massachusetts isn’t just celebrated by stir-crazy parents. It’s also a chance to shop sales tax free—or at least it was, until the state decided not to reinstate its sales-tax holiday this August for the first time since 2009 due to slowing state revenue.

Massachusetts decided this year to cancel its sales tax holiday, and in the years ahead other states may decide to follow suit.

Many of the highest average state and local sales tax rates are found in the Southeast, according to a midyear report from the Tax Foundation.

On June 23, the UK population narrowly voted to end its 43-year membership in the European Union.

Sharing of information on business taxes by state tax authorities could improve business tax compliance, according to a new study.

California was the only state to change its sales tax rate in the first quarter of the year, spurring a host of changes in local sales taxes across the state, according to a new report.

Every state or municipal government will eventually face the question of whether to raise taxes. Since the era of George H.W. Bush, officials answer increasingly "No."

You may have heard people talking about blockchain technology, but how does it work and what does it mean for tax compliance?

States are hungrier than ever, an annual sales tax survey finds

Avalara is exploring the potential for using blockchain, the underlying technology in Bitcoin, in its sales tax software.

Avalara kicked off its Crush New Orleans conference in the Big Easy, discussing the latest trends in sales and use taxes, excise taxes, global tax compliance and technology.

Avalara introduced CertCapture Mobile Scan App, a sales tax compliance app for point-of-sale transactions.

Art dealers and collectors are coming under increasing scrutiny for offenses from fraud to tax evasion, with New York’s top cop kicking off his own campaign against tax cheats on Tuesday.

Rebecca Newton-Clarke, a senior editor/author at Thomson Reuters’ Checkpoint, discusses in this video the wide range of transaction types in e-commerce -- and how states approach taxing them..

Rebecca Newton-Clarke, a senior editor/author at Thomson Reuters’ Checkpoint, discusses in this video the corporate income tax implications of e-commerce and how to deal with the lack of guidance from most states on taxation of e-commerce transactions, including issues such as nexus and apportionment.