Sales Tax

February 9, 2021 

Global tax software provider Sovos has appointed Ruth Fornell to the newly created role of chief operations officer. Fornell comes to Sovos with extensive experience leading global teams, most recently as a general manager at payment systems company ...

February 5, 2021 

There’s been a lot of emphasis in recent years on the United States Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., which allowed states to tax businesses with no physical presence in the state. However, physical presence in a state ...

Gail Cole

February 3, 2021 

As it did in 2020, New York is looking to tax digital advertising services. Two bills introduced last week would broaden the state’s sales tax to digital advertising services. Another would tax gross revenue derived from digital advertising services ...

Gail Cole

February 3, 2021 

For CPA firms that do not have the resources to execute these measures, outsourcing sales and use tax compliance to a trusted partner can be a valuable alternative. To learn more about advising your E-Commerce clients on sales tax compliance in ...

January 26, 2021 

To help businesses weather the devastating and ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Comptroller of Maryland has extended filing and payment deadlines for certain Maryland business taxes.

Gail Cole

January 26, 2021 

Prior to Brexit and the implementation of the U.K. ecommerce package, companies with locations throughout the EU could freely move goods between the U.K. and other EU member states. But now that the U.K. has left the Customs Union and VAT regime, goods...

Gail Cole

January 26, 2021 

Tax technology and services provider Vertex, Inc., has announced that it has acquired Tellutax, a Portland-based edge computing technology startup. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

January 7, 2021 

A cloud sales tax returns solution designed exclusively for accounting firms, MRA enables firms to extend their practice with automated sales tax preparation and filing services, to provide clients with the benefits of a fully managed returns service.

December 20, 2020 

This unique product is a complement to the Vertex Indirect Tax Accelerator for SAP ERP introduced five years ago that has provided a platform for hundreds of users of SAP technologies delivering additional capabilities and tax functionality.

December 11, 2020 

There are several takeaways from an analysis of the Vertex year-end sales tax rate change research. This year-end preview covers all sales tax data from Jan. 1 through mid-November, so there’s a small chance the figures could edge up or down by Dec. 3

December 5, 2020 

Taxify by Sovos         Sovos https://taxify.co From the 2020 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. Taxify by Sovos is an online sales tax management platform designed for eCommerce businesses and other online sellers though the product can also be used by brick and mortar retailers as well. A good fit for small to mid-sized retailers, Taxify...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 24, 2020 

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has announced that N.C. State University’s Poole College of Management’s Roby Sawyers, Ph.D, CPA, has received its Arthur J. Dixon Award. Also, Grant Thornton’s Jamie C. Yesnowitz, J.D., L.L.M. and Jeff Martin, ...