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As part of its fiscal year 2026 budget legislation, Maryland enacted a number of new tax provisions, including the imposition of a 3% sales tax on a broad range of information technology and data services. The tax took effect...more
Although Israeli companies operating in the US often focus on federal tax concerns, US state and local taxes (SALT) have the potential to significantly increase tax liabilities. For example, if a company does not collect...more
I discussed Texas franchise tax nexus in a prior post, which can be found here. However, there is a different (albeit similar) set of rules for Texas sales and use tax nexus. As with Texas franchise tax nexus, a business...more
On April 19, 2021, Florida joined a growing number of states in enacting legislation imposing sales and use tax collection obligations on remote sellers lacking a physical presence in the state and requiring so-called...more
Sales Tax Obligations — Businesses with a Physical Presence in a State - It should come as no surprise that almost all states require businesses with a physical presence in a state and that sell goods or services in the...more
Since the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., 138 S.Ct. 2080, states all over the country have been imposing sales tax nexus on retailers without a physical presence under an...more
New York State increased the sales tax economic factor presence nexus threshold from $300,000 to $500,000. The change is retroactive to June 1, 2019....more
The Kansas Department of Revenue recently released Notice 19-04 (the “Notice”) which provides that all remote sellers making sales into the state are required to register for and begin collecting and remitting sales and use...more
In the late nineteenth century, Annie Oakley was arguably the most famous woman in the country. She was renowned for her skill as a sharpshooter and traveled the country in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show performing...more
A recent announcement by the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance indicates that the state is about to begin a renewed effort to require out-of-state sellers to collect and remit sales tax. New York has had an...more
Since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair, 138 S.Ct. 2080 (2018), this past summer reversing its long-standing “physical presence” nexus test under Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, 504 U.S. 298...more
In Sales and Use Tax Bulletin 2019-01, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue asserts that remote sellers with economic nexus must collect and remit Pennsylvania sales tax. The Bulletin is effective July 1, 2019....more
Georgia enacted economic nexus sales tax legislation in the spring of 2018. The law just became effective on January 1, 2019. Modeled after the South Dakota law the United States Supreme Court declined to strike down in South...more
Do you know if your business must register as a retailer with the Maine Revenue Services requiring you to collect and remit Maine sales taxes and file Maine sales tax returns? Failure to comply with Maine’s mandatory...more
Sales and use tax compliance is complicated. Both sellers and purchasers are required to determine where they have nexus, where the purchased products or services should be sourced, and whether the product or service itself...more
Jeffrey S. Reed, Chair of Kilpatrick Townsend’s State and Local Tax Group, spoke at Tax Executives Institute’s Tax School in Dallas, Texas, on April 25th. He discussed the South Dakota v. Wayfair oral argument, which occurred...more
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. (“Wayfair”). Its decision has the potential to change the way online retailers and other remote vendors do business by permitting states to collect sales...more
We have been closely following the rapid rise of state laws and regulations imposing sales tax nexus or reporting requirements on out-of-state sellers with no physical presence in the state. In the wake of decisions by the...more
When making sales or conducting business on the internet, it is easy to overlook state sales tax. Whether you make a sale of tangible property online, on the phone, by fax, via a purchase order, or other medium, you are...more
If you do business with out-of-state customers, does your business have nexus with the states where those customers are located? If your answer is, “I don’t know what ‘nexus’ means,” you could be in for an unpleasant...more