Critical E-Commerce Sales Tax Compliance Questions to Ask

As an E-Commerce Seller (Past or Present), you need to ask several key sales tax compliance questions. The answers to these questions will help determine your success or failure as you sell online. Are you in Compliance with the New...

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Who is the Retailer when You Sell on Amazon.com?

Are you, as a third-party seller, the retailer or is Amazon? Who is required to collect and remit the sales tax? Both are important questions. Look at the reality when answering these two important questions.  Update October 2019, at...

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Multistate Taxation Commission’s (MTC) Workgroup Meeting-Wayfair vs. South Dakota

The MTC had its initial meeting for the Wayfair Implementation and Marketplace Facilitator Work Group on September 5th. We are a few chosen outside businesses included in this workgroup, along with states, large corporations, and other sales tax firms. You can learn...

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Why the South Dakota vs Wayfair U.S. Supreme Court Case Affects Your E-Commerce Business

June 21st Update: The U.S. Supreme Court Decision 5-4 Favors South Dakota vs. Wayfair! This case overturned the physical presence standard requirement from the Quill case dating back to 1992.  Since this South Dakota vs. Wayfair case, this now means...

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Remit Sales Tax

 You will start collecting sales tax after you update your set settings in your shopping carts and marketplace you are selling (i.e., Amazon, eBay, Walmart....) with your sales tax permits/registration number.    At this point, it's YOUR responsibility to REMIT (or...

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Sales Tax Permit Registration Mistakes To Avoid

As an e-commerce seller, obtaining a sales tax permit is a vital part of your process to collect and remit sales tax. Remitting sales tax requires obtaining sales tax permits or licenses to collect in the states where you...

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Is Your Amazon Inventory Subject to Seizure for Not Paying Sales Tax?

Your Amazon inventory may be in jeopardy if you are not in compliance with sales tax. You may not be up on all the changes with sales tax cases over the past year, from the Amnesty period this past...

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Why You Should Trademark Your Brand, Especially Selling on Amazon

To protect your product and Amazon business, utilizing Amazon's Brand Registry and filing a trademark is an important consideration. Here is more on Amazon's Brand Registry Program. Overall, lots of people were affected by Amazon's "new" policy in 2017. It is...

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