Sales tax

Rebecca Newton-Clarke, a senior editor/author at Thomson Reuters’ Checkpoint, discusses some of the sales tax issues that are relevant to e-commerce, including nexus, in this video.

The state tax arena is filled with variation, complexity, confusion and ambiguity, which has major implications for U.S. corporations, according to findings from Bloomberg BNA’s 2016 Survey of State Tax Departments, conducted for the 16th consecutive year.

Thomson Reuters is building bridges with NetSuite and other vendors’ enterprise resource planning software, tying its sales tax technology to theirs.

Thomson Reuters has integrated its ONESOURCE Indirect Tax sales tax technology with NetSuite’s cloud-based enterprise resource planning system.

WalletHub has released its annual report on the states with the highest and lowest tax rates in the country.

Sales tax technology vendors have been expanding their efforts to help small and midsize businesses cope with the dizzying array of tax rates and rules across states, localities and countries.

The Tax Foundation has released an updated report on sales taxes throughout the states in 2016, indicating where the highest and lowest state and local sales tax rates are across the country.

The number of changes in sales and use taxes declined in the fourth quarter of last year, according to a new report.

At least one state looks to fatten up on cookies, the bits of computer code that websites leave on computers and smartphones to track user data and to improve website experience, by claiming it establishes nexus for sales tax purposes.

Our comparison guide to sales and use tax solutions

State government debt is expected to reach $1.17 trillion in fiscal year 2016, but elected officials have no interest in raising tax rates or taking austerity measures. Instead, states will use three tools to expand their taxpayer base: pot, opacity and sufficient presence. Here is how the sales tax landscape may change in 2016.

A recent case in Michigan has created an unexpected twist in the brave new world of taxing software and services online.

CPA.com and Vertex SMB announced the launch of a new cloud-based program providing tools and training for CPAs to create or expand a sales and use tax compliance and advisory practice in their firms.

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US has produced an infographic showing the states with the top 10 highest and lowest sales taxes, just in time for Black Friday and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season.

The sharing economy has created untold numbers of micro-entrepreneurs, who provide services through digital-age apps.

Sales tax technology provider Avalara is integrating with EPiServer, an ecommerce and digital marketing software provider that has become a certified solution partner for Avalara.

CPA.com, the American Institute of CPAs’ technology arm, has formed a strategic alliance with Vertex SMB to help CPA firms with sales tax compliance for their business clients.

With states and localities increasingly looking to collect taxes from people and businesses that buy goods and services online, many taxpayers may not be aware that they could be overpaying sales and use taxes.

The personal finance website WalletHub has released its annual report on 2015’s Most & Least Fair State Tax Systems.

Last week, the Alabama Department of Revenue challenged the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1992 decision in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, which established a physical presence test for sales tax nexus.