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NOMAD States: The Latest on Sales Tax

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NOMAD and sales tax – I’m sure you’ve heard it before. When it relates to sales tax, the NOMAD states refer to the five American states without a statewide sales tax: New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska, and Delaware. The NOMADs bear watching for changes in how they handle sales tax. But what does it mean?

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Why are some states’ sale taxes higher than others?

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When you sell across multiple states – or even within various localities in a single state – one striking observation emerges: the consistent inconsistency of sales tax rates. The federal income tax has just seven brackets to cover the whole span of what somebody can make. Why do sales tax rates have to be so complex?

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Tax Season Got Off to a Rough Start in Oregon

CPA Practice

By Jeff Manning, oregonlive.com (TNS) The Oregon Department of Revenue acknowledged Thursday that it sent personal tax refund information for about 5,000 taxpayers to the wrong address. Battison worries that some taxpayers may not notice their 1099-G is actually someone else’s and inadvertently file a false tax return. “I

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Economic nexus overview - all states with sales tax now active

TaxConnex

Next summer will mark five years since the Supreme Court ignited economic sales tax nexus with the South Dakota v. Many businesses are still trying to figure out how to manage the resulting obligations, but one thing’s clear: Now every state with a sales tax has economic nexus. Wayfair, Inc et al decision. Stay tuned.

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Selling Into States with Unusual Sales Tax Laws

TaxConnex

If you sell into the handful of states that don’t have nexus or don’t have a general sales tax, you might think you’re home free when it comes to obligations to remit sales tax. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia have a statewide sales tax. Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon do not.

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What Is the Oregon Transit Tax?

Patriot Software

Are you an employer in Oregon? If so, you should familiarize yourself with state-specific taxes, including the statewide Oregon transit tax. This tax applies to all businesses with employees working or living in the state of Oregon. Confused yet? […] READ MORE.

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Oregon senator demands refunds for TurboTax customers

Accounting Today

Ron Wyden, in a letter, demanded that TurboTax refund customers who, due to a software glitch, were inappropriately encouraged to take non-optimal choices, resulting in higher taxes.

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