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Category: Tax and Legal Issues

Nine More States Enact Marketplace Facilitator Laws in 2020

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 Ina Steiner
Tax

Nine more states enacted “marketplace facilitator” laws in the first 6 months of 2020 that require online marketplaces like eBay and Etsy to collect and remit sales tax on behalf of third-party sellers. That’s according […]

3 CommentsNews, Tax and Legal IssuesSales tax legislation, Vertex

Online Sales Tax in 2020: Fear, Anxiety, and Noncompliance

September 12, 2020September 11, 2020 Kenneth Corbin
Tax

Two years after Wayfair, where are we now with online sales tax? Fear, anxiety, and noncompliance. Immediately following the Supreme Court ruling in the landmark Wayfair ruling, dozens of states enacted laws or regulations requiring […]

9 CommentsNews, Tax and Legal Issuesonline sales tax, South Dakota v Wayfair, Sovos

Unlike Amazon, eBay Won’t Pass along UK Tax to Sellers

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Ina Steiner
eBay

The UK government is charging a new Digital Services tax (DST), and while Amazon is passing along the tax to sellers, eBay said it would not pass along the tax to its 300,000 UK sellers.. […]

3 CommentsMarketplaces, News, Tax and Legal IssueseBay UK, UK taxes

Online Sellers Group Beats Back Kentucky in Price-Gouging Lawsuit

August 8, 2020August 8, 2020 Kenneth Corbin

A federal judge has ruled that Kentucky’s attorney general violated the U.S. Constitution when he launched a wave of investigations of third-party sellers over alleged price gouging of essential supplies in their stores on Amazon […]

News, Tax and Legal IssuesAmazon, coronavirus, EBU 441, Kentucky AG, Online Merchants Guild, Paul Rafelson, price gouging

Online Selling Fraud with a Side of Tax Evasion

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Ina Steiner

Selling ill-gotten goods online is never a wise decision, and attempting to hide the proceeds from the IRS only compounds matters. The government says a company executive assistant bought unauthorized supplies from Staples and charged […]

4 CommentsNews, Tax and Legal IssuesDOJ, eBay, Fraud, IRS, Taxes

Merchants Sue Kentucky over Price Gouging Actions

May 2, 2020May 2, 2020 Ina Steiner

Merchants are fighting back against Kentucky’s price-gouging crackdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Online Merchants Guild (OMG) sued the Commonwealth on Friday claiming its price-control statutes are unconstitutional when applied to online merchants who offer […]

1 CommentNews, Tax and Legal Issuescoronavirus, Lawsuit, Online Merchants Guild, price gouging

Guide to US and International Coronavirus Tax Relief Measures

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 Ina Steiner
Tax

Tax solutions provider Avalara published a guide to tax relief measures governments are taking in response to COVID-19, which it promises to update on a daily basis. A spokesperson said governments are grappling with how […]

News, Tax and Legal IssuesAvalara, coronavirus, tax relief

Georgia Sales Tax Law Takes Effect on April 1

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 Ina Steiner
Online sales tax

On April 1, 2020, marketplace facilitators, such as eBay and Etsy will now be responsible for collecting and remitting Georgia sales and use tax, according to Charles Maniace, Vice President of Regulatory Analysis at Sovos, […]

News, Tax and Legal IssueseBay, Etsy, online sales tax

Congress Told that States Are Targeting Small Businesses

March 12, 2020March 12, 2020 Ina Steiner
Online Sales Tax

State sales tax laws are proving to be a burden to small sellers, according to testimony provided to members of a Congressional subcommittee. On March 3rd, the Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, […]

5 CommentsNews, Tax and Legal IssuesHouse Small Business Committee, online sales tax, Paul Rafelson

Bonanza Marketplace Updates Sellers on Sales Tax Changes

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Ina Steiner
Bonanza marketplace

Online marketplace Bonanza updated sellers about changes it’s making to sales tax collection. It’s using third-party service TaxCloud to comply with Marketplace Facilitator laws passed by numerous states around the country. “Many states have added […]

Marketplaces, News, Tax and Legal IssuesBonanza, online sales tax, TaxCloud

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