Charles Maniace

Charles Maniace

Charles Maniace, Vice President, Regulatory Analysis and Design, Sovos
As vice president, regulatory analysis and design at Sovos, Charles Maniace lives and breathes tax. For him, job No. 1 is ensuring Sovos customers remain fully compliant as rates, rules and requirements change around them. When he signed up to become an indirect tax expert nearly 20 years ago, he had no preconceived notions about his work garnering significant public attention. Today, Maniace is a respected industry voice routinely appearing in publications such as the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Bloomberg. He has been listed among Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential people for four years. Being an avid traveler and craft beer enthusiast, he enjoys nothing more than visiting Sovos offices around the world and sampling the local brewery offerings.
How E-Commerce Retailers Can Stay Tax Compliant Amid Holiday Sales Surges

For e-commerce retailers, the holiday season is more than just a busy period — it’s a high-stakes test of their tax compliance systems. With sales spiking across channels and jurisdictions, a minor compliance slipup can lead to costly penalties or damage to customer trust. Retailers need robust strategies to manage the holiday rush without impacting…

How to Stay Ahead of Shrinking Tax Compliance Deadlines

It was no April Fool’s joke when the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) changed the sales tax compliance requirements on April 1. As part of the Massachusetts Advance Payment Program, two big tax changes went into effect for qualifying retailers: one, the requirement to report sales tax is on an entirely different schedule from the…

The Top 3 Challenges Retailers Face With Economic Nexus

The Supreme Court’s 2018 historic ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair opened the doors for states to collect tax revenue on internet sales coming into the state, even if a retailer wasn’t physically located within the state’s borders. While this was an opportunity for states to get revenue that was previously out of reach, no…

Wayfair Wave Hits Online Retailers in More States

In June 2018, the Supreme Court's decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair opened the floodgates to dramatic changes for online retailers by giving state governments a green light to collect a projected additional $8 billion in tax from e-commerce sales that was previously out of reach. Specifically, the Court ruled that states can mandate businesses…

Fast-Acting State Revenue Agencies Among Holiday Retail Winners

As retailers count their holiday receipts, clear victors are emerging. However, it’s not just retailers counting their revenue; so too are those states that acted quickly following the Supreme Court’s South Dakota v. Wayfair decision last June and enacted rules compelling e-commerce sellers to collect and remit sales tax in their states. The Wayfair ruling,…

After Wayfair Ruling on Sales Tax, Preparing for Holiday Retail Surge

The retail world was flipped on its head in June when the Supreme Court decided the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair. By ruling in favor of South Dakota, the court declared states are no longer limited to requiring only in-state retailers to collect and remit sales tax, but can also impose requirements on remote…

Will Supreme Court Change the Foundation of Sales Tax?

With written and oral arguments in the South Dakota v. Wayfair Supreme Court case now on the record, we face a time of uncertainty as we wait for the Court’s decision this summer. Retailers should prepare now for likely changes in how and where they collect taxes — no matter the outcome. First, some background.…

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