Are There Sales Tax Havens?

Are There Sales Tax Havens?

by | Jun 17, 2013 |

ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedinemail On June 12, 2013, Gov. Terry Branstad signed House File 625, which amends sales and use tax laws in Iowa to expand the laws to catch more online-only companies. Iowa joins many other states who have specified nexus rules to prevent...
Are There Sales Tax Havens?

Is the Marketplace Fairness Act Dead in Committee?

by | Jun 14, 2013 |

ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Last week, the Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, was caught in the crossfire from a political activist organization on his Facebook page. The group, called Generation Opportunity, organized a...
Are There Sales Tax Havens?

Maine Updates Sales Tax Laws

by | Jun 12, 2013 |

ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedinemail On June 5th, the Governor of Maine signed into law LD 346, a bill that closes sales tax loopholes for online stores with nexus in Maine. Maine has now enacted laws that are similar to laws passed in Missouri, Arkansas, New York, and...
Are There Sales Tax Havens?

Puerto Rico and Sales Tax: Changes on the Horizon

by | Jun 10, 2013 |

ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Puerto Rico has been in the news as a tax haven for the wealthy and for corporations for the past year because of the special nature of their capital gains, corporate, and income taxes. Sales tax in Puerto Rico has its interesting...
Are There Sales Tax Havens?

Exemption Certificates and Relationships

by | Jun 7, 2013 |

ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedinemail Exemption certificates are an important step in correctly collecting sales tax, but it can be a challenge to appropriately accept and maintain exemption certificates. One of the problems is that they’re used as a bargaining chip...