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As The Online Tax Man Cometh, Will Smaller Retailers Embrace Marketplaces?

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Seismic change in tax policy came last year in the form of a ruling from the Supreme Court, through the case captioned South Dakota v. The ruling meant that online retailers could be mandated to collect sales tax — and taxes can be levied by states on firms that do not have physical presence in those states.

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How Online Sales Tax Impacts Different eCommerce Models

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Since 1992, when eCommerce was still in its infancy, online retailers have not had to collect sales tax. That all changed last year with the Wayfair vs. South Dakota ruling that sought to level the playing field for brick-and-mortar stores. Mathradas characterized this challenge as a data management issue.

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Remote Seller Taxation: A Job For Tax Automation

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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. Implementation.

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Who Pays A Higher Price For Online Sales Tax?

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The 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair case that allowed states and individual cities to launch tax policies aimed at remote sellers and marketplaces is still reverberating in 2019 and will likely affect online retail in 2020. In Q3 2019, 14 states started collected online sales tax and 11 more followed in October.

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Deep Dive: The Unfolding Legacy Of South Dakota v. Wayfair

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Retail sales taxes have long been key sources of state governments’ budgets and have been their greatest single stream of revenue since the mid-1900s. . Such a levy was not legal until last year’s South Dakota v. Inside South Dakota v. ruling and returned the Wayfair decision to the South Dakota Supreme Court.

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SMB Tax Complexity Preserves Role For The Human Accountant

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While doing so may be more cost-effective than hiring a big-time accounting and consulting firm, there are inevitable points in the accounting process that cannot be managed with automated software alone, meaning small business owners must take on the burden of figuring out complex processes that even CPAs can struggle to manage.

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Wells Fargo’s Q2 Disappoints After Scandals

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Second-quarter net income was impacted by a $481 million one-time expense resulting from a key Supreme Court decision related to online sales, South Dakota v. The San Francisco-based bank had a total of 5,751 retail branches by the end of the second quarter, citing 114 branch consolidations during the first half.