Sales & Use Tax Research: How To Do It Right

The following is a guest post by Diane Yetter, founder of the Sales Tax Institute. I am excited to publishing Diane’s second guest post here at The State and Local Tax “Buzz”.  In today’s post, Diane offers her insights on why thorough sales tax research is important, as well as some helpful tips on how […]

“Clouding” the Sales Tax Issue

The following is a guest post by Diane Yetter, one of the nation’s leading authorities on Sales & Use Taxation and founder of the Sales Tax Institute (see end box for more about Diane). In this post, a follow-up to Diane’s recent COST presentation, “Taxing Software, Digital Goods, and the Cloud”, Diane discusses the inconsistencies in how states […]

E-Commerce/Internet Sales Tax, An Important Topic for Today’s Business

Taxes on E-Commerce!  Now this is an area that is really exploding!  My guess is that by now you’ve heard all about the controversial “Amazon Laws”, laws which have been enacted or are currently being legislated in several states.  But just in case you’ve missed all the excitement, these presumptive nexus laws (what they’re really called) have […]

State of Washington Amnesty Begins Next Month

If you caught my prior post on state tax amnesty programs, you may recall that these periodic, limited-time programs are an opportunity for delinquent taxpayers to come forward voluntarily and resolve their state tax delinquencies by reporting and paying the associated tax on their unreported or underreported tax liabilities. (See my August 23, 2010 “Buzz” […]