The 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling gave states and cities permission to tax remote sellers and online marketplaces based on their economic participation in the state, regardless of whether they had physical presences. State and local governments aren’t satisfied with stopping their tax updates...
Key international negotiations surrounding Brexit stand to reshape global eCommerce, including the kinds and amounts of taxes that online marketplaces will face. Brexit has been generating headlines, questions and tensions ever since the June 2016 referendum, but a clear plan guiding the departure has yet...
The eCommerce sales tax laws introduced last year are causing unintended effects on the tobacco industry — making compliance harder. SMBs can’t afford to sell online if it means paying steep taxes, and time spent determining how much they owe in taxes to various state...
Countries around the globe are launching new digital sales taxes in efforts to improve their revenue streams and create more balanced business environments for domestic brick-and-mortars and foreign eCommerce marketplaces. Global consensus over how such tax policies should be enacted has yet to materialize, however,...
Governments rely on tax revenues to fuel the vital services they provide to residents and businesses – from firefighting and public education to water system repair and road maintenance. Retail sales taxes have long been key sources of state governments’ budgets and have been their...
States now operate without federal guidance over taxing out-of-state merchants for online sales — so each is making its own rules. That creates a complex selling environment that eTailers struggle to navigate, says Ted Hettich, chief sales officer of online shopping marketplace Fruugo. In the...
Consumers are flocking to eCommerce, and more than 230 million U.S. consumers are expected to be shopping online by 2021. Merchants are eagerly striving to be selected to fulfill consumers’ purchasing needs and to stand out from an increasingly crowded eCommerce field. There are already...
