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Understanding use tax

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One such phrase is “sales and use tax.”. We sure know what “sales” tax is. What about Use Tax? Use tax is defined ?as as a tax on the storage, use or consumption of a taxable item or service on which no sales tax has been paid. Use tax or sales tax is due on a sale, but not both. Your ‘choice’.

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Can an eCommerce platform alone manage sales tax?

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Usually all retail sales of tangible personal property (TPP) are taxable, but many states have started to tax services. Who the customer is and what they’ll use the TPP for can create a sales tax exclusion, too, such as when selling to a church or government agency. They also take the burden of sales tax obligation off the seller.

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Risks of Non-Compliance

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Rolling the dice with sales tax compliance can backfire in a big way. Keep reading to see some recent sales tax missteps that had big costs. Tax air-or. million penalty for failing to pay sales tax on air-inflation services, as well as for tax avoidance schemes by underreporting sales and paying workers off the books.

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Deadlines, Deadlines, Deadlines.Understanding the Nuances to Maintaining Your Sales Tax Calendar

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Sales tax, unlike other types of taxes, has many deadlines, not once or twice a year, but often every month and it doesn’t fall on the same day for every business, or state. Not to mention, the process of reporting sales tax and the amount of information required on each return varies with each state and local jurisdiction.

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Alabama Amends Alabama Accountability Act – Increased Alabama Income Tax Credit Available

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Governor Ivey recently signed Senate Bill 261 into law, which increases the tax credit for contributions made to Scholarship Granting Organizations (“SGO”). Effective in 2022, an Alabama taxpayer may claim up to 100% of the individual’s Alabama tax liability for contributions made to an SGO, not to exceed $100,000 per year.

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Understanding the Pieces to Your Sales Tax Compliance Puzzle

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In a little more than three years since the Supreme Court’s Wayfair decision , multi-state sales tax has gone from a simple obligation for some companies that were based solely in one state to a nightmare of complying with 50 different states’ sales tax rules. Also with some states, you must specify the tax you’re registering for (e.g.,

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Taxability complexities | TaxConnex

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Sales tax isn’t simple. Here’s a step-by-step overview of various complications of sales tax compliance – and how to handle them. Then came 2018’s South Dakota vs. Additional complexities: The five NOMAD states – New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska and Delaware – do not have a statewide sales tax.