Sales Tax

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July 29, 2013 

Streamlining Sales and Use Tax: Solutions Are Out There

Sales and use tax is one of the three primary areas which legislators use to fund state and local government (the other two major areas are income taxes and property taxes). The concept is relatively simple: if you buy something tangible, you pay a fixed percentage to the local government as a tax.

Brian Tankersley

backtoschool

July 25, 2013 

Back to School Means Tax Savings

In efforts to help back-to-school shoppers, CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, has updated the 2013 state tax holidays, providing information on which states offer the tax holidays, what items are covered and when the holidays take place.

Taija Sparkman

 Avalara partners with accounting firm alliance

July 15, 2013 

Avalara partners with accounting firm alliance

Avalara and AGN International-North America have announced the formation of a new strategic alliance that will enable AGN-NA member firms to access critical sales and use tax (SUT) and value added tax (VAT) information and related resources to better meet member firm clients’ needs.

 5 tips for sales tax managers

July 9, 2013 

5 tips for sales tax managers

Sales taxes may not be challenging for the smallest mom and pop retailer with a single location, but as a firm grows its sales base, adds distributors or locations, or even enters into ecommmerce, keeping up with the laws in each state and jurisdiction can quickly be a time-consuming and risk-prone endeavor.