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.
July 7, 2021
Sovos Acquires Portugal Accounting Technology Companies
Together with existing Sovos capabilities, the acquisitions create a complete VAT, SAF-T and business-to-government (B2G) compliance solution for customers operating in Portugal, while adding compliant e-invoicing connectivity and extended digital ...
July 1, 2021
Missouri Becomes Last Sales Tax State to Adopt Wayfair Legislation
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.
June 30, 2021
Vertex Expands Partnership and Releases Integration for Mirakl Marketplace Platform with Full VAT Support
As new value-added tax (VAT) rules for e-commerce transactions take effect on July 1, 2021, this integration will help companies remotely selling and supplying intra-European Union goods by enabling them to seamlessly calculate tax using Vertex ...
June 22, 2021
Most States to Treat PPP Loan Forgiveness as Nontaxable Income
Twenty-nine state tax departments responded they will follow the federal treatment of such forgiveness or cancellation under section 1160(i) of the CARES Act and will not treat these amounts as taxable income. An executive summary of the survey, which ...
June 22, 2021
Avalara Enables Global Sellers to Manage Treaty and Trade Restrictions for Cross-Border Commerce
Trade treaties are formal agreements between two or more countries that make it easier to trade between each other by reducing tariffs, quotas, and other trade restrictions. For businesses, assembling and maintaining content related to treaties ...
June 18, 2021
Third Anniversary of Wayfair Marked by Pandemic
It’s been three years since the Supreme Court of the United States issued the game-changing decision on South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. Businesses are still learning how to manage the aftereffects of this groundbreaking event, even as they navigate the ...
June 18, 2021
Maine Eliminates Transaction Thresholds for Remote Sellers and Marketplaces
This change stems from the enactment of House Paper 891, An Act To Amend the State Tax Laws, which Governor Janet Mills signed into law on June 11, 2021. The measure doesn’t mention the transaction threshold — it simply removed it from the section ...
June 11, 2021
Post Pandemic Effects: A Preview of the Mid-Year Sales Tax Rates and Rules Changes
A clearer picture of the post-pandemic U.S. sales tax environment is emerging, and things are looking (surprisingly) brighter, yet (predictably) more complex.
June 7, 2021
Vertex Strengthens Partnership with Alfa for Indirect Tax Compliance
Vertex, Inc., a provider of tax technology solutions, announced a new integration of its Vertex Lease Tax O Series with Alfa Start. Alfa Start, built exclusively for auto leasing operations of all sizes, is the preconfigured edition of the cloud-based Alfa Systems, the market leader in asset finance software worldwide. This extends Vertex’s partnership with Alfa,...…
May 27, 2021
Avalara Announces New Sales Tax Compliance Solutions Built for Accounting Firms
The new product and service offerings give accountants access to the same Avalara cloud technology used to process millions of sales tax returns and remit billions of dollars each year. This focus underscores Avalara’s commitment to providing ...
May 13, 2021
Georgia Halts Motor Fuel Taxes for 5 Days
After news of the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline broke May 7, 2021, consumers from New Jersey to Texas put the pedal to the metal to get to the gas station and fill their tanks. Supply is draining; gas prices are rising; and tempers are flaring.
May 13, 2021
Vertex Acquires Taxamo to Expand Global Commerce and Compliance Solutions
Taxamo’s cloud-based solutions are purpose-built for today’s global, e-commerce businesses that need to automate compliance and commerce across the entire value chain of cross-border transactions from merchant to seller to payer and revenue authority.