Ecommerce Industry News
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
eBay’s government relations team provided an update on the issue of online sales tax in a post on the eBay Mainstreet website on Thursday. The message: states were busy in 2019 updating and enacting sales-tax […]
Etsy hosted a session on the discussion boards last week where a representative from Intuit answered sellers’ tax questions. Etsy has a partnership with Intuit, offering integration with QuickBooks Self-Employed and TurboTax Self-Employed. “Tax season […]
Ruby Lane has some good news and some bad news about surprise fees that it had announced last month. Ultimately, however: sellers will end up paying more fees. Ruby Lane had announced in November it […]
eBay will begin collecting sales tax for four additional states: Hawaii, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Michigan. eBay said, “Regardless of your physical location, if you sell to buyers in certain states, those states may require you […]
Last month, eBay updated sellers on pending changes to the way it handles sales tax, and on Monday, it said the changes are now live. Starting now, the way taxable transactions are processed and how […]
Sellers and platforms that use Stripe to process payments can now access TaxCloud through a new integration, helping merchants comply with sales tax requirements. Press release follows: Today TaxCloud, a leading online sales tax compliance […]