Sales Tax

Lawmakers in Kansas gathered May 3, 2021, to start finalizing the state budget and attempt to override several gubernatorial vetoes. Shortly after convening, they succeeded in overriding the veto on Senate Bill 50, which requires marketplace ...

Avalara, Inc. has announced the availability of Avalara Shipping Verification for Beverage Alcohol (Avalara Shipping Verification). Avalara Shipping Verification is a new enhancement to Avalara for Beverage Alcohol, which provides a complete solution for direct-to-consumer (DTC) alcohol businesses across the compliance life cycle, from licensing and product registrations to tax calculations and returns. Avalara is […]

On March 13, 2020, the U.S. declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency. At the same time, grocery stores flooded with people stocking up amid the unknown as the virus spread across the country. In the months following, industries and businesses of all types and sizes reckoned with changes to business operations, changes in consumer […]

Vertex, Inc., a global provider of tax technology solutions, has introduced Vertex Cloud Data Integrity, a cloud-based, tax-specific solution that automates the data validation, analysis and transformation steps that increase data quality. The application enables companies to improve tax return data, reduce audit risk, as well as increase tax staff efficiency and readiness for compliance. […]

Out-of-state sellers and marketplace providers will have to start collecting Florida sales and use tax on July 1, 2021. After years of discussion and failed attempts, Florida has enacted an economic nexus and marketplace facilitator law.

The Vertex Accelerator streamlines previously manual tasks and gives customers faster, more detailed adjustments to tax configurations and data to help businesses as they make acquisitions, introduce new products, and expand into new regions.

At the same time, most also agree that the small business economy is far from out of the woods yet, especially as COVID case counts increase in many areas and skyrocketing costs of supplies fuel worries about inflation.

This year’s event will be hosted by award-winning documentarian, journalist, speaker, author, and philanthropist Soledad O’Brien, CEO of Soledad O’Brien Productions, and Scott McFarlane, co-founder and CEO of Avalara.