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Thanksgiving: Weird sales tax rules

TaxConnex

Harder still to believe some of the strange sales tax laws that come with it. So as you plan to arrive at your family’s early, marvel that the Detroit Lions are actually good and get ready to send the stuffing around again, chew on these sales tax considerations associated with the feast. Hard to believe Turkey Day is here again.

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Sales tax ‘responsible party’ laws still going strong

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But not for sales tax liability, where most states still maintain strong responsible party laws. And they can come as a real shock: CEOs, CFOs, directors and other execs can be held personally responsible for sales tax shortfalls. That’s true for many of the fiscal messes that can befall a company. How do they know who’s responsible?

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Ohio Commercial Activity Tax (CAT) Changes – How They Impact Out of State Businesses with Sales in Ohio

Anders CPA

Ohio House Bill 33 has resulted in favorable changes to the Ohio Commercial Activity Tax (CAT), which began on January 1, 2024, that bring big impacts to businesses, retailers and service providers operating in the state. What is the Ohio Commercial Activity Tax?

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State CPA Societies in Action: Ohio Society of CPAs

CPA Practice

With more than 100 years of experience, The Ohio Society of CPAs represents 85,000 CPAs and accounting professionals who are the strategic financial advisors to Ohio’s leading businesses. However, there has been a slight pickup of pre-CPAs, which has been encouraging. What are the top three objectives for the upcoming year?

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How to register for states’ sales tax

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Do you need a state sales tax permit? How about a sales tax license? How about a sales tax certificate of authority? Collecting and remitting sales tax after you hit economic or physical nexus in a state comes with a lot of questions – and you usually answer no small number of questions to register for sales tax.

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Half a dozen ways to mismanage sales tax | TaxConnex

TaxConnex

Sales tax compliance has many moving parts, not just in the filing but in everything that goes into making sure you stay on the legal side of the jurisdictions where you have sales tax nexus. Billing systems You charge the customers sales tax for online purchases, they pay and you remit the money to the tax jurisdictions.

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Sales tax on shipping: latest updates

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Ecommerce couldn’t exist without shipping (and probably not without shipping’s partner “handling,” either), but do either incur sales tax? As is often the case in sales tax, it depends on what, how and where. Portions of packages that contain non-taxable or exempt items get a break on the tax on the S&H.

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