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Sales tax ‘responsible party’ laws still going strong

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Most states’ sales tax registration forms ask for Social Security or driver’s license numbers (or both) of at least one corporate officer or executive. Know the nuances of the law in states where you have collect and remit sales tax, because states take this all seriously.

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Automation's place in sales tax compliance

TaxConnex

Updating your filing frequencies for when your sales tax returns are due. Reporting taxes that arent calculated within the sales tax automation solution and not added to an invoice such as Washington Business and Occupations tax or the Ohio Commercial Activities Tax.

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Recent Cases Show You Shouldn't Mess with Sales Tax Obligations

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The case was referred to investigators after an auditor found that the business hadn’t filed quarterly sales tax returns or remitted sales tax collected for that period. In another case, Ohio AG Dave Yost is trying to crack down on online retailers of beer and wine with a recent injunction in federal court this week.

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Half a dozen ways to mismanage sales tax | TaxConnex

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Yet often we see differences between a client’s billing system and their tax reporting. You could be billing taxes within your billing system and yet haven’t filed a single sales tax return and haven’t tracked the tax data to be aware of a future filing obligation. Tax types and nexus pose other wrinkles.

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Ohio Requires Additional School District Reporting on Form W-2

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If you have an employee in Ohio, you need to include the Ohio school district number on Form W-2. The Ohio Department of Taxation is requiring this change to help reduce the number of reporting errors on individual income tax returns. Form W-2 reporting requirement in Ohio […] READ MORE.

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How to register for states’ sales tax

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And note that many software and service providers who claim to manage sales tax for you don’t help with registrations, except for an extra cost. In states like Nebraska , Ohio and Washington , among others, you can register using the Streamlined Sales Tax Registration System (SSTRS).

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Sales Tax Automation Mistakes

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Understanding these variables enables the proper calculation of sales tax. Preparing and filing the sales tax returns. In this step, you are registering for sales tax purposes with the various jurisdictions, preparing and filing returns, paying the jurisdictions, responding to jurisdictional questions/notices, etc.