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.
January 25, 2022
Though the United States economy is “dominated by services-oriented companies,” most states currently tax only select services, if any. That could change in 2022: Legislation seeking to tax services has been introduced in Indiana and ...
January 18, 2022
The policy change results from the repeal of Tennessee’s Sales and Use Tax Rule 96, which required Tennessee suppliers to collect Tennessee sales tax on products sold to out-of-state dealers unless such dealers provided a Tennessee resale ...
December 17, 2021
The end of the year is a good time to take stock of your business, especially if you’re a small business planning to grow in 2022. A year-end review is particularly critical this year, given COVID-19 disruptions.
December 17, 2021
Kansas is one of just a few states that taxes groceries at the full sales tax rate. That won’t be the case for much longer if Governor Laura Kelly gets her way.
December 17, 2021
The disrupting effect COVID-19 has had on the economy can’t be underplayed. It’s led to factory closures and ship quarantines at port, which has clogged the global supply chain to an astonishing degree. On November 9, 2021, for example, 111 ships were ...
December 3, 2021
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...…
November 9, 2021
Transitioning from cable to streaming services can increase choice and reduce costs for consumers, but the more people cut the cord, the less tax revenue local governments receive. That’s the crux of ongoing David-versus-Goliath-style battles in Texas ...
September 23, 2021
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...…
August 23, 2021
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.
July 1, 2021
On June 30, 2021, Missouri became the last state with a sales tax to require out-of-state sellers and marketplace facilitators to collect and remit sales and use tax. It’s been a long time coming.
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May 3, 2021
Lawmakers in Kansas gathered May 3, 2021, to start finalizing the state budget and attempt to override several gubernatorial vetoes. Shortly after convening, they succeeded in overriding the veto on Senate Bill 50, which requires marketplace ...
Small Business April 20, 2021
Out-of-state sellers and marketplace providers will have to start collecting Florida sales and use tax on July 1, 2021. After years of discussion and failed attempts, Florida has enacted an economic nexus and marketplace facilitator law.
