Sales Tax

The average state-level sales tax rate held steady at 5.56 percent in Q3 2016. Puerto Rico maintained its position as the U.S. territory with the highest rate, at 10.5 percent. Once again, Indiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Tennessee ...

With all the focus on Millennials today, people often forget about the much larger population of Baby Boomers. As that generation prepares for retirement, one of the biggest questions they’re contemplating is where to spend those “golden years.” While many factors play a role in those decisions, taxes will be a huge consideration, especially for […]

In addition to sales tax rate changes, new and expiring exemptions, and new taxes on soda, 2017 will bring more marijuana legalization (and taxes), tax amnesty, and especially renewed energy to the online sales tax debate.

The rules and procedures for filing sales taxes are completely individual to each state. So it’s imperative to find out what the rules and processes are for each state where you are collecting sales taxes. For those specifics, you can turn to our ...

Here’s a rundown of which states let you remit sales taxes via credit card and how much using that option will cost you. “Fee unspecified” means there is no information on the amount of the fee until you actually initiate a credit card payment.

American sales tax professionals identified interstate tax liabilities (71 percent) and inaccurate data (57 percent) as the biggest risks facing their businesses, according to a new Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting survey on sales and use tax compliance.

If the court had ruled the Compact was a valid choice regardless of state law, then every state would have repealed it. As it stands, the relevance of the Compact is likely to be revisited once all states use only sales to apportion income ...

As a seller, it is important to know whether you are located in an origin-sourced state or a destination-sourced state. Most states and Washington, D.C., are destination-based. The 11 origin-based states are: