Aftershocks from the South Dakota v. Wayfair Supreme Court decision continue to rattle online merchants, as three states (California, Louisiana and South Carolina) are now trying to collect eCommerce sales tax retroactively, as far back as five years. To date 43 states and Washington, D.C. have...
Merchants frequently package products together into eye-catching bundles, selling everything from laptops with preloaded software to charcuterie gift baskets. Bundling can give customers an array of purchasing options in a compelling way, as well as encourage them to act quickly and make purchases. Some video...
Call it the great Huggies debate. States tax sales of discretionary items like skateboards and exempt medical devices like inhalers — but they can’t agree on how to classify diapers. That’s a problem for retailers trying to stay compliant while selling diapers nationwide. In this...
Merchants aiming to sell nationwide must pay attention to how their goods are treated by each state’s tax code. Items considered as exempt medical necessities in some states may be taxed at high rates in others, and businesses cannot afford to be caught by surprise....
Businesses depend on the public services tax revenues pay for: roads that facilitate deliveries, courts where firms resolve legal disputes and regulators that help protect businesses from fraud. Even businesses eager to pay their share, however, may feel that complying with tax laws is complicated. ...
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) struggle to meet new remote sales tax laws that vary across 43 states — a consequence of the 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair Supreme Court ruling. In the new Next-Gen Sales Tax Tracker, the lawyer who defended Wayfair in that...
The 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling allowed counties, states and municipalities to pass laws to tax out-of-state sellers and the eCommerce marketplaces that serve them, but the ruling did not disclose specifications on what such laws must look like. State and local governments have...
The 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling is reshaping the business landscape, forcing companies to consider its long-term effects. Wayfair’s case enabled cities and states to pass economic nexus laws that require out-of-state sellers to collect and remit taxes on local residents’ sales, and it...
Passing broad sales tax laws is an approach that many legislators are taking to close loopholes, but the policies don’t always play out as intended. States like Kansas have drafted laws to force platforms that don’t handle payments to collect sales tax, making compliance challenging....
