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Report: The Risky Business Of Navigating Online Sales Tax For Merchants

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consumers are expected to be shopping online by 2021. Merchants working to expand and sell online in more markets must comply with each market’s local sales tax regulations, however, and that is an increasingly complicated task. New online sales taxes aren’t just the dominion of the U.S.

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

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consumers are expected to be shopping online by 2021. 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. 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.

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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. consumers are expected to be shopping online by 2021.

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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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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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Where The Tax Man Will Knock Louder Post-Wayfair — And Sooner

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For retailers and other firms, there’s the persistent lure of broadened reach into new markets. Last year, in the case of South Dakota v. the Supreme Court ruled that online retailers could be mandated to pay sales tax — and taxes can be levied by states on firms that do not have a physical presence in those states.

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NRF On The Case For Revising eCommerce Sales Tax Laws

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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. Online retailers aren’t sitting still when faced with new taxes — and some are even fighting back in court.

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