Taxes

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August 19, 2020 

Billtrust Adds Integration with Avalara CertCapture

By partnering with Avalara, a tax compliance software provider, Billtrust customers will benefit from an automated process to collect, validate, store and manage sales tax exemption certificates, eliminating manual work and creating a ...

wine

August 4, 2020 

Chicago Starts Taxing Wine-by-Mail Orders

As of July 1, 2020, wineries are required to collect Chicago liquor tax on sales made directly to consumers with a Chicago address. This is a significant departure from previous policy: Chicago liquor tax applied only to sales made physically in the city through June 30, 2020.  The change to the Chicago liquor tax policy only affects wineries and other wine sellers, because breweries...…

Gail Cole

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July 30, 2020 

Covid Causes Economy to Shrink by 32.9% in Second Quarter

Gross domestic product shrank 9.5% in the second quarter from the first, a drop that equals an annualized pace of 32.9%, the Commerce Department’s initial estimate showed on Thursday. That’s the steepest annualized decline in quarterly records dating ...

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July 29, 2020 

Comparing the Senate and House Covid Stimulus Bills

As we head into August, when Congress is scheduled for a recess, lawmakers are poised to present another COVID-19 relief package to the president for his signature. But the Democratic-controlled House and the Senate Republicans still have to hash out ...

2019 1040 form taxes

July 14, 2020 

Not Ready to File Your Taxes? IRS Offers Extensions Until Oct. 15

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, taxpayers have until the postponed due date of July 15, 2020, to file their taxes this year. But if they can't make this deadline, they can receive an extension that gives taxpayers until Oct. 15 to file, but taxes owed ..

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