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.
August 11, 2021
Streaming and Collaboration Platforms Can Face Unexpected Communications Taxes
Many companies remain unaware they fall into the category of communications for tax purposes, and the impacts can be severe. At a time when numerous state and local governments are making frequent updates, it’s important for businesses to routinely ...
August 10, 2021
States Revisiting Covid-Inspired Cocktail-to-Go Laws and Taxes
Alcohol-to-go laws in many states have been a lifeline to restaurants and bars throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Now that restrictions have for the most part lifted, states must decide whether to extend alcohol-to-go policies or allow them to expire.
August 9, 2021
The Growing Need to Streamline Tax Compliance
While there was a time early on when many states copied the South Dakota remote seller threshold of $100,000 in gross sales or 200 individual transactions precisely, this is no longer true. Each state, looking for their own magic set of numbers that ...
August 4, 2021
2021 Innovation Awards Highlight Top Technologies for Accounting Firms
The Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Awards honor new technologies that help accounting firms and their small business clients operate more efficiently and profitably through improved workflow, increased accessibility, or enhanced collaboration.
July 29, 2021
Avalara for Hospitality Helps Lodging Businesses Manage Tax Compliance
Cloud-based tax compliance automation provider Avalara, Inc. has launched Avalara for Hospitality, a solution for hotel chains, resorts, online travel agencies, property management groups, and short-term rental operators that automates the most onerous...
July 27, 2021
Accounting Firms Need to Act on Sales Tax Compliance
A tsunami of trouble is on the way for millions of businesses, and most don't know it's coming.
July 27, 2021
Report Shows Trending Changes in Sales Taxes and Policies
Change is afoot as we come to the halfway mark 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. Across the Atlantic, the ...
July 26, 2021
August 2021 Sales Tax Holidays: The Complete List
Because no two sales tax holidays are alike, the summer sales tax holiday season is particularly burdensome for companies selling qualifying products into multiple states. Key considerations for retailers include:
July 22, 2021
Grant Thornton Opens SALT Office in Orlando
In addition to the new opportunities Grant Thornton will bring to Orlando’s diverse workforce, the facility will provide an even greater experience for the firm’s client base. In the CoE’s initial phase, Grant Thornton will enhance its growing ...
July 22, 2021
Avalara Managed Tax Category Classification Simplifies Product Classifications and Taxability
When businesses introduce a new product or service, it must be classified into the correct tax category. With more than 13,000 sales and use tax jurisdictions in the U.S. alone, and many having unique sets of rules for how products and services are ...
July 21, 2021
Sovos Unveils Active-Active Data Centers to Meet Accelerating Demands of Tax Digitization
Sovos GTD Cloud scales horizontally to handle unlimited transaction volume. It delivers active-active clusters across globally distributed, secure data centers to enable differentiated reliability and no downtime, even in the event of a data center ...
July 9, 2021
Vertex Introduces Taxamo Assure for New EU VAT E-Commerce Rules
The new EU VAT regulations impose additional compliance burdens and increased complexity with changes to rates, thresholds and remittance processes for all merchants remotely selling into the EU. Assure offers a complete solution for the merchant to ...