Sales Tax and the U.S. Manufacturing Strategy
There has been a lot of talk about bringing manufacturing jobs back to the United States. One of the most common tactics is the tax cut. In 2017, corporate taxes were cut from 35% to 21%. Did that make a difference for manufacturing -- and in particular...
Faster Sales Tax Remittance in Your Future?
States are suffering economically during the pandemic, and they're looking for solutions. Sales tax is an area that has been hit hard, with many states seeing tumbling sales tax revenues as businesses close or contract. So states are looking for ways to...
Seasonal Sales Tax Rates
Pumpkin spice is in the air (and in your coffee, your baked goods, maybe your bathtub...), Halloween is coming up, and then it's a fast slide through Thanksgiving and Christmas to a new year. While you're enjoying seasonal changes all over, don't...
Sales Tax Audits on the Rise
Colquitt County, Georgia, got a surprise when they checked their sales tax revenue. Half a million dollars more than they expected, to be precise. An audit of a major retailer found that they had been under-paying sales tax, and the state got a windfall...
Sales Tax Software Customer Service
When you choose Sales Tax compliance software, you might not think much about customer service. After all, in an ideal world you won't need customer service. You choose your sales tax solution, use it successfully, and never have a problem. You don't...
Software Reviews: Why They’re Useful
When the Supreme Court agreed, in the Wayfair decision, that states can now require out of state companies to collect and remit sales tax, one of their reasons was that there would soon be software that would make it easy. But when businesses buy...
Sturgis and Sales Tax in the Pandemic
Sturgis, South Dakota, is getting ready for their annual motorcycle rally, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. Where Fayetteville, Arkansas, canceled their Bikes, Blues & Barbecue festival, which usually brings 400,000 visitors to the town of 86,000,...
5 Things to Look for in Sales Tax Software
After decades of controversy, the Supreme Court agreed that remote sellers, such as ecommerce shops, should pay sales tax to states and cities just as businesses with a physical presence do. One of the reasons: they figured that sales tax software would...
Hotel Tax Hit Will Have Consequences
A recent study by Oxford Economics says that Arkansas will lose $60.8 million in revenue from hotel tax. Bigger states have to expect bigger losses: $1.9 billion for California, while both New York and Florida may seet losses of $1.3 billion. The nation...