Sales & Use Tax
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Annette Nellen (Professor, San Jose State University)
"Apricot capital of the world" located 90 miles SE of San Francisco, future home of an Amazon fulfillment center A May 19, 2012 article in the Los Angeles Times by Mark Lifsher, "Amazon poised to get a cut of California sales...
Leslie Mendel (Contract Consultant, Leslie M. Mendel, CPA)
Regis Quirin (Chief Financial Officer Consultant, CMD Capital Formation LLC)
Nexus is the way in which a connection can be established between the state and the taxpayer. If a nexus exists, the taxpayer may be liable to the state for taxes, regardless if the taxpayer is a non-resident or only works within the state for part of the year...
Annette Nellen (Professor, San Jose State University)
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts publishes an interesting and informative monthly Tax Policy News. The March 2012 issue includes an article - "Spring is in the Air." It explains how Texas sales tax applies (or does not apply) to seeds,...
Joan Varrone (CFO)
I know that electronically delivered software is in most cases exempt from sales tax ( there is a exception in the state of Washington if there is an employee in that state). However, this was based on my work at an enterprise software company a few years back...
Kirk Conole (Partner, DCI Solutions)
Many manufacturing CFOs pay tens of thousands in sales tax on their energy bills when these taxes should be exempt. Since the people reviewing utility bills are not typically tax experts, the bill is taken at face value and paid. However, in many states like Texas,...
Annette Nellen (Professor, San Jose State University)
Letter Ruling 2012-06 from the Hawaii Department of Taxation is a reminder of challenges of applying sales tax to software and other digital items (or in Hawaii's case, applying gross receipts tax). Despite ruling that the software was not taxable because...
Leslie Mendel (Contract Consultant, Leslie M. Mendel, CPA)
Rick Yancey (CFO, Top Knobs and Hardware Resources)
We are starting a sales tax compliance process for various states. We are evaluating doing the returns on LaserBridge or manually. I would like to network with an expert to get advice and counsel on the pros and cons of the LaserBridge system. Rick Yancey 908-255-5127
Sara Voight (Controller, Helm Inc)
We are doing business with a 501 C 3 group and when I asked them for their tax exempt paperwork they only provided me with a W-9 with the note about their status. Shouldn't they also have another form they can provide as appropriate backup when asked? I am not sure...
