CMS Today: Automating your sales tax compliance requirements with kenticoThomas Robbins
Thanks to everyone that joined us!
Your business should be focused on generating profits and cutting costs, not managing sales tax. Consider that calculating, filing and remitting sales and use tax is a pass through activity with no direct benefits to your bottom line. Any effort spent on sales tax compliance activities is 100% non-revenue generating. To overcome this challenge, Avalara’s Avatax solution provides Kentico customers a complete sales tax compliance solution – from the point of sale to filing returns – so you can focus on what’s important, growing your business!
During this session, we covered:
* The Challenges and Complexities of Sales Tax Compliance
* Using Technology to deliver the Sales tax Automation and Compliance your business needs
* Reducing your Risk and Exposure to potential costly Audits
* Automating your Sales Tax Calculation and filing requirements
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If you sell to customers in the US, get prepared for the major tax changes taking effect across the United States. The Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc, is only the beginning of a wave of change impacting companies that sell crossborder in the US. Get the latest updates and learn how companies are turning to tax technology solutions in their ecommerce checkouts, billing systems and ERPs to automate compliance.
Sacha Wilson is Avalara’s Director, Tax Technology Solutions EMEA, whose team helps businesses of all size automate the complexities of global tax compliance. Sacha’s background in business development and ecommerce spans over 20 years and covers blue-chips such as Amazon and Arcelor-Mittal as well as several dotcom start-ups. During 11 years at Amazon he launched and grew a number of programmes including Amazon’s Marketplace, Fulfilment by Amazon, Amazon Pay and Product Ads. He brings a depth in understanding of ecommerce and the tax issues facing European businesses involved in global trade.
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Understanding the advantages of having an expert review your company’s sales and use tax transactions; awareness of opportunities that potentially exist for obtaining refunds of sales and use tax already paid by your organization; learning more about the ins and outs of sales and use tax.
CMS Today: Automating your sales tax compliance requirements with kenticoThomas Robbins
Thanks to everyone that joined us!
Your business should be focused on generating profits and cutting costs, not managing sales tax. Consider that calculating, filing and remitting sales and use tax is a pass through activity with no direct benefits to your bottom line. Any effort spent on sales tax compliance activities is 100% non-revenue generating. To overcome this challenge, Avalara’s Avatax solution provides Kentico customers a complete sales tax compliance solution – from the point of sale to filing returns – so you can focus on what’s important, growing your business!
During this session, we covered:
* The Challenges and Complexities of Sales Tax Compliance
* Using Technology to deliver the Sales tax Automation and Compliance your business needs
* Reducing your Risk and Exposure to potential costly Audits
* Automating your Sales Tax Calculation and filing requirements
EBE 2019 - eCommerce and US Sales Tax – why companies are automatingE-Commerce Berlin EXPO
Sacha Wilson
Director, Tax Technology Solutions EMEA Avalara
If you sell to customers in the US, get prepared for the major tax changes taking effect across the United States. The Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc, is only the beginning of a wave of change impacting companies that sell crossborder in the US. Get the latest updates and learn how companies are turning to tax technology solutions in their ecommerce checkouts, billing systems and ERPs to automate compliance.
Sacha Wilson is Avalara’s Director, Tax Technology Solutions EMEA, whose team helps businesses of all size automate the complexities of global tax compliance. Sacha’s background in business development and ecommerce spans over 20 years and covers blue-chips such as Amazon and Arcelor-Mittal as well as several dotcom start-ups. During 11 years at Amazon he launched and grew a number of programmes including Amazon’s Marketplace, Fulfilment by Amazon, Amazon Pay and Product Ads. He brings a depth in understanding of ecommerce and the tax issues facing European businesses involved in global trade.
Avalara helps businesses of all sizes achieve compliance with VAT, sales tax, excise tax, and other transactional tax requirements by delivering comprehensive, automated, cloud-based solutions that are fast, accurate and easy to use.
Get Ready for 2015: Understanding and Adopting the New Tax Rules and RegulationsProformative, Inc.
The new year is always a time of change - and sales and use tax in 2015 is no exception. Hear sales tax compliance expert Shane Ratigan provide an in-depth overview to help you understand, prepare for, and get ahead of the state and federal tax changes coming your way.
In this webinar, Shane will take a comprehensive look at critical new state and federal tax laws, including the Marketplace Fairness Act, taxation of services, and changes for cloud-based services. Join us and gain insider information to help you better understand how changes to sales tax regulations may affect your company and your bottom line.
Understanding the advantages of having an expert review your company’s sales and use tax transactions; awareness of opportunities that potentially exist for obtaining refunds of sales and use tax already paid by your organization; learning more about the ins and outs of sales and use tax.
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How can you avoid vendor captivity and software traps?
How can you prepare for a negotiation, including leveraging and timing the deal?
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Katherine Cxypoliski of Avalra offered a much needed and often underestimated topic, the impact of global taxation issues on ecommerce and business generally, at the 2nd Annual eCommerce Expo South Florida sponsored by Rand Marketing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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If you sell to customers in the US, get prepared for the major tax changes taking effect across the United States. The Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc, is only the beginning of a wave of change impacting companies that sell crossborder in the US. Get the latest updates and learn how companies are turning to tax technology solutions in their ecommerce checkouts, billing systems and ERPs to automate compliance.
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How can you avoid vendor captivity and software traps?
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Sorry for the inconvenience
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https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
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2. Disclaimer
I will be speaking on topics that may impact
your organization’s sales tax liabilities and
obligations.
This should not however be considered
professional Tax advice specific to your
organization.
It’s recommended to speak with a ‘certified’
sales tax professional (such as an
accountant, advocate, or attorney) for
specific questions and advice.
3. Federal Legislation
Increased State Enforcement
Constantly Changing
Rates, Rules, & Boundaries
Nexus
(Physical Presence)
Product Taxability
Use Tax
Filing & Returns
International
Requirements
Sales Tax Compliance: The Problem
YOU
ARE
HERE
4. Sales Tax Legislation
Ever changing Sales Tax regulations
• Thousands of changes annually across the U.S.
Amazon Laws
• Expanded and new definitions of NEXUS
US Federal Legislative Pending Action
• Marketplace Fairness
• Main street Fairness
• Marketplace Equity
5. Do you have Nexus in a given state?
States define Nexus as a ‘tangible physical presence’ which
creates the legal requirement to collect & remit Sales Tax.
Nexus triggering events are not consistent state-to-state but
can include:
Traveling and/or Remote Salespeople
Agents or Distributors
Remote Employees on Payroll
Onsite Customer Training
Trade Show Attendance
Inventory / Warehousing / Drop-Shipping
Installing / Servicing Tangible Property
Internet (and other) Affiliates
6. Marketplace Fairness Act
In February as part of the Budget Vote 74 Senators
approved Marketplace Fairness Act in a non-binding
vote.
It's currently supported by National Retail Federation,
Amazon, Wal-Mart, National Governors association.
In Effect overturns Supreme Court Decision Quill
Corp vs. North Dakota, and ignores current Nexus
Only exempts Companies doing under $1 million in
remote sales (out of state sales) from collecting
Studies have shown an anticipated impact on 3
million businesses if the Bill passes
7. The Ongoing Challenge and ‘time loss’ of Sales Tax
Nexus – What is the full scope of States where I
should collect sales tax?
Accuracy – Am I doing the calculations right?
Filing – The monthly, quarterly, never-ending
crunch!
Audits – Go pick on someone else!
8. The Sales Tax Challenge for Ecommerce Retailers
Calculation – For each transaction where Sales tax need be
calculated, the following must be taken into account:
– Should sales tax be applied based on Ship-To or the Ship-From address ?
– Jurisdiction Layers (State, County, City and Special Taxing Jurisdictions)
– Product specific taxability requirements ?
– Amount of the unit price and total invoice effecting tax calculation ?
– Sales tax exempt status for specific customer accounts ?
– Reporting to support the compliance process
Tax Returns – The tax accrued or collected needs to be remitted to
each state or jurisdiction:
– AP departments typically have to make a payment to each state monthly or
quarterly.
9. A State by State Look at Sourcing Rules
‘Sourcing Rules’ determine on which location / jurisdictions
Sales Tax should assessed for shipped items
Origin-Based States for Products (Services Destination)
• Arizona, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
Utah and Virginia
Mixed Source States
• California
• Counties are Origin-based; Cities & STJs are Destination-based
• Services are always Destination-Based
• Texas
• Cities and Counties are Origin-Based based; STJS are Destination-based
• Some Services are Destination-Based
Destination-Based States
• All the rest
12. Accuracy isn’t just about the address alone
States tax products differently depending on the
product and where that product is shipped.
Some examples of industries with varying taxability
rules:
Software / Hardware
Digital Goods
Services
Medical device / equipment
Food / Beverage
Clothing / Apparel
Dietary Supplements
And many other industries / products!
13. Some odd ‘product taxability’ examples:
Which is non-taxable?
Original Milky Way or Milky Way Midnight candy
bars?
14. Some odd ‘product taxability’ examples:
Is this bagel taxable or non-taxable in New York?
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Taxable or Non-Taxable in California?
17. Taxable or Non-Taxable in California?
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18. The Multi-Channel Business & Sales Tax Compliance
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Consistency of rates and
automation across ALL
transactional Software
platforms…
19. The Market Options for Managing Sales Tax
Manual
• OK for simple collection requirements,
low volumes
Zip-Code Tax Tables
• Adequate, though inaccurate
Onsite Solution
• IT infrastructure, maintenance
‘Cloud-based’ Solution
• Automated via SaaS deployment
20. Avalara is the leading global transactional tax solution
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and growing
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