eBay only allows sellers to collect one sales tax rate per state, despite the fact that there are thousands of tax jurisdictions in the US. TaxJar launched a new tool designed to help eBay sellers determine the best number to Read more
A recent effort by South Dakota to compel out of state online sellers to collect sales tax from its residents now faces a legal challenge. The state sued 4 large merchantsseeking them to comply with its new law. The next day, Read more
Affiliates and online sellers are the losers thanks to Louisiana’s attempt to pressure Amazon to collect its state sales tax on purchases made by Louisiana residents. Amazon sent a letter to affiliates in the state last month explaining it was Read more
Taxes are complicated, and that’s just as true for state and local sales tax as it is for income tax. Online sellers are required to collect sales tax wherever they have a physical presence. Whether that’s one state or many, Read more
Amazon is frequently blamed for reducing tax revenue in states where it doesn’t collect online sales tax, but a new report points to another way the company could be hurting state and local government coffers: lost property taxes. An organization Read more
Alabama is defying a 1992 Supreme Court ruling about out-of-state sales-tax collection requirements, and catalog companies are warning that similar regulations could quickly spread to other states. The regulation, which took effect on January 1st, reads in part: “…an out-of-state Read more
Thanks to a new Speaker being named to the House of Representatives, eBay warned its sellers again about the online sales tax bill called the Remote Transactions Parity Act (RTPA), and urged them to contact their legislators to tell them Read more
eBay released a new document as part of its lobbying efforts to fight the online sales-tax bills legislators are trying to pass. eBay Government Relations tweeted on Wednesday, “MFA & RTPA tax bills are bad for small business. Download our paper explaining Read more
The Marketplace Fairness Act failed to secure Congressional approval again last year, but was reintroduced in the Senate in March. This week, a different version surfaced in the House. Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz introduced the Remote Transactions Parity Act of 2015 on Read more
Does anyone hate taxes more than the residents of the “Live free or die” state of New Hampshire, which is one of just five states that doesn’t have sales tax? Their representative in the Senate Jeanne Shaheen said she will Read more
