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November 18, 2019 

2019 Review of CA and NY Sales Tax Preparer

CA Sales Tax Preparer NY Sales Tax Preparer CFS Tax Software Inc. www.taxtools.com From the 2019 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. CFS Tax Software Inc. offers sales tax software for accounting professionals that need to calculate, print, and file California and/or New York state sales and use tax returns for their clients. In fact,...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

Avalara Crush 2020

November 13, 2019 

Avalara CRUSH 2020 to be Held in St. Louis

CRUSH guests--including Avalara customers, business and technology partners, accounting leaders and CPAs, and other industry experts--will walk away with an understanding of the most confounding tax challenges impacting their business and roles today, ...

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November 11, 2019 

Cherie Julius Receives 2019 Sales Tax Nerd Award

A longstanding passion for the intersection of law and tax led Cherie to find a permanent professional home in state and local indirect tax. Today, she is a Senior Tax Manager at Uline Inc. and uses her expertise in tax compliance, research, and audit res

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October 17, 2019 

Spooky Retail: A State-By-State Guide to Halloween Candy Taxes

In other words, Halloween is a serious time for business, despite the sweet, whimsical, or haunting artifacts on the shelves. Every sale of a pointy black hat or bag of candy matters — as does getting the tax right on those sales.In other words, ...

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October 8, 2019 

Illinois Starts Two Sales Tax Amnesty Programs

Two tax amnesty programs have been established in Illinois by Public Act 101-0009: a general tax amnesty program administered by the Illinois Department of Revenue, and a franchise tax and license fees amnesty administered by the Secretary of State.

Gail Cole

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October 2, 2019 

Why You’re No Longer in Control of Sales Tax Nexus

In the wake of Wayfair, you need to monitor your sales into all states with economic nexus — and that’s almost all states. Of the 45 states* (plus the District of Columbia) that have a general sales tax, 43 have an economic nexus law or rule.

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September 24, 2019 

How Tiny Sensors and the IoT May Affect Your Taxes

Today, we have the internet of things (IoT) connecting sensors of all shapes and sizes. We have sensors 50 times thinner than a human hair. We have smart dust. We even have sensor swarms. Capable of activities like real-time communications ...

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September 23, 2019 

September Sales Tax Roundup

Sales tax never takes a break. Although only a handful of state legislatures are in session in August, there were still plenty of sales tax changes. Congress looks to regulate state remote sales tax laws. A small group of federal lawmakers from non-sales-tax states are still pushing to regulate the way states tax remote sales. Learn...…