Gail is a sales tax expert with a penchant for digging through the depths of BOE sites and discovering and reporting rate changes across the country.
Sales Tax June 21, 2022
Colorado’s new retail delivery fee applies to any retail delivery in the state that’s made by motor vehicle (including common carriers like FedEx and UPS) and contains at least one item of tangible personal property subject to the state sales or use tax. Since sales tax applies to sales of wine, the retail delivery fee applies…
Sales Tax June 21, 2022
More than half of consumers surveyed now prefer to find new products in-store rather than online, according to a new report by 5WPR. They enjoy speaking with sales people, getting their hands on products, and simply basking in the in-store ambiance that was closed to them for a time due to COVID-19. Likewise, more than 75% of…
Taxes June 21, 2022
Ordinarily, having an employee working remotely in another state would likely give your company nexus with that state. But after the pandemic hit, several states temporarily waived the enforcement of certain nexus laws. Indiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C., were among the first to announce they wouldn’t treat working from home as a…
June 14, 2022
Four years ago this month, the Supreme Court of the United States rocked the world of retail with its ruling on South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. (June 21, 2018). The decision allowed states to tax remote sales — those made by businesses with no physical ...
June 11, 2022
Automating compliance tasks can help brick-and-mortar retailers thrive in new situations.
May 29, 2022
When the pandemic forced restaurants and bars to close the front of the house, New York was the first state to temporarily authorize takeout and delivery sales of alcoholic beverages. Cocktails to go helped many businesses in many states weather the ...
May 29, 2022
Though bare shelves have become a familiar sight during the pandemic, American supermarkets still offer an incredible array of choices when it comes to food. There are more than 100 commonly eaten breakfast cereals alone, and entire warehouse stores ...
April 10, 2022
Restaurants contracting with the delivery app are responsible for remitting to the state the tax due on meals.
February 7, 2022
Getting tax wrong can be costly for any business, but particularly for marketplace facilitators with a high volume of sales. Unless a marketplace facilitator can demonstrate that a failure to collect and remit applicable taxes was due to receiving ...
February 2, 2022
A sales tax holiday is a limited time period during which some normally taxable products are exempt from sales tax. Approximately 17 states provide one or more sales tax holidays each year; the precise number fluctuates because some states adopt new ...
January 26, 2022
Sales transactions are presumed taxable in states with a sales tax (unless there’s a specific exemption or exclusion), most states haven’t yet clarified which sales tax laws apply to sales made in the metaverse. When will they start?
January 25, 2022
To help prevent someone from selling stolen goods on a marketplace, California and several other states want marketplaces to obtain and share the names and contact information of high-volume marketplace sellers.
