Sales Tax July 28, 2025
Sales Tax Rates and Rules Changes Skyrocket Across States in 2025, Says Vertex Report
In the first half of 2025, states made 408 sales tax rate changes and new rates – a 24% increase compared to the first half of 2024.
Sales Tax August 23, 2022
Avalara Honored with SAP Pinnacle Award for Automating Time-Consuming Tax Compliance
Avalara was recognized as the top new partner application in SAP’s Intelligent Enterprise Innovation award category. SAP’s Intelligent Enterprise initiative aims to apply advanced technologies and best practices within agile, integrated business processes to help companies run at their best.
August 16, 2022
3 Ways the Right Technology Eases the Sales Tax Compliance Burden
When employees are tasked with maintaining sales tax compliance, but are neither trained tax professionals nor have sales tax as a core job responsibility, a toll will be taken on businesses and workers alike.
August 15, 2022
The Unintended Consequences of Tax Regulations
Sales tax is meant to be a means for states and local jurisdictions to pay for things like schools, roads and public services, but there can be unintended consequences.
Sales Tax August 2, 2022
U.S. Sales Tax Reached All-Time High
Historically, over the past 60 years, it has been shown that during adverse economic cycles, the sales tax provides a much more consistent method of funding relative to the income tax.
July 31, 2022
How Should States Tax NFT Sales?
NFTs grew out of blockchain, a decentralized, “peer-to-peer network that sits on top of the internet.” Blockchain emerged in ...
July 28, 2022
What Your Clients Need to Know about Nexus, Home Rule, and Sales Tax
Businesses required to collect and remit sales tax in multiple states have a hard row to hoe. Keeping track of changing sales tax rates, online sales tax requirements and ...
Sales Tax July 21, 2022
Europe Starts Mandating E-Invoicing to Maintain Transaction Tax Compliance
Ecommerce has enabled millions of small and midsize businesses to tap into the global market. This presents enormous opportunities. It can also create a world of tax requirements.
Sales Tax July 21, 2022
Report Says Sales Tax Holidays will Cost States $1 Billion in Revenue in 2022
Lawmakers are increasingly turning to sales tax holidays with unprecedented scope and duration. For example, Florida added five tax-free holidays, ranging from tools for ...
Taxes June 30, 2022
The Evolution of Nexus and its Implication for Income Tax
Although Wayfair was strictly a sales tax case, states have also begun to assert economic nexus for income tax purposes. Unlike sales tax, currently only a handful of states...
June 21, 2022
In-Store Retail is Making a Comeback
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 ...
Sales Tax June 21, 2022
Colorado Retail Delivery Fee is a New Challenge for Wine Shippers
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
Brick-and-Mortar Companies Face Challenges Selling Online
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…