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Refunds and sales tax

TaxConnex

The more accurate answer, particularly when something as complex as sales tax gets involved, is: Probably, but watch the details. The most wonderful time of the year In 2022, the cost of retail returns in the U.S. hit $817 billion, a quarter of that from online retailing. The average retail return rate is 26.4%

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Fee or Tax? A Retail Delivery Fee Q.&A.

TaxConnex

In what states do you have to watch for retail delivery fees (RDFs)? Q: Is this a “tax” or a “fee”? Minnesota (and Colorado) will auto-register retailers, and there will be a small-seller exemption for companies whose retail sales in the previous year totaled less than $1 million. of the retail selling price.

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Sales tax and the Navajo Nation

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Others have their distinct sales tax but blend tax law with areas around them: The Cherokee Nation, for instance, has a sales tax on any business enterprise which is located on tribal lands but exempts sales to Oklahoma public schools. The Navajo Nation has a sales tax of 6% for all retail sales within The Navajo Nation.

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Half a dozen ways to mismanage sales tax | TaxConnex

TaxConnex

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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Site Visits: A Critical Step in the Business Valuation Process

RogerRossmeisl

Financial statements, tax returns and marketing materials tell only part of the story. For retail operations, does the company. Valuing a business requires more effort than just plugging numbers from the financial statements into a spreadsheet or artificial intelligence software program. Are there any capacity constraints?

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Retailers/ecommerce companies face special sales tax challenges

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Online retailers and eCommerce companies have been the focal point of taxing jurisdictions and their updated nexus laws for years. Our third annual survey of financial professionals revealed a sales tax storm in many industries. Most retail/eCommerce companies in our survey had annual U.S.

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Hot Topics: Sellers and marketplace facilitators | TaxConnex

TaxConnex

States’ definitions of a “marketplace facilitator” vary almost as much as states’ sales tax laws themselves. Generally, a marketplace facilitator is a business or organization that contracts with third parties to sell goods and services on its platform and facilitates retail sales. States may, however, be easing off.

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