Online Taxes

Report: Cross-Border E-Commerce an Untapped Opportunity for US Merchants
June 19, 2019 at 2:53 pm

With U.S. e-commerce sales forecast to grow to $561 billion in 2019, according to Statista, the competition for those dollars has intensified. As a result of the market pressures being placed upon U.S. retailers to support challenged brick-and-mortar stores with e-commerce sales, many are looking beyond domestic borders for growth opportunities. However, many are doingโ€ฆ

How Will Sales Tax Continue to Affect Retailers as New Taxes Like the โ€˜Netflix Taxโ€™ Become More Common?
May 13, 2019 at 11:36 am

This January, sales of streaming service subscriptions became subject to sales tax in Iowa, Washington, D.C., and the Canadian provinces of Quรฉbec and Saskatchewan. These areas join a growing list of jurisdictions now taxing the sale of content consumed through Amazon.com, HBO, Hulu, Netflix, Spotify and other streamed service providers โ€” a tax we likeโ€ฆ

Fast-Acting State Revenue Agencies Among Holiday Retail Winners
January 8, 2019 at 11:38 am

As retailers count their holiday receipts, clear victors are emerging. However, itโ€™s not just retailers counting their revenue; so too are those states that acted quickly following the Supreme Courtโ€™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,โ€ฆ

After Wayfair Ruling on Sales Tax, Preparing for Holiday Retail Surge
December 12, 2018 at 12:10 pm

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 remoteโ€ฆ

Why Payment Services Should Consider Cross-Border Tax Determination Services
November 27, 2018 at 10:55 am

E-commerce technology has made global selling easy, leading many small and midsized e-commerce companies to focus on expanding their cross-border sales to consumers. Unfortunately, most of these companies donโ€™t understand how the realities of cross-border duty and tax compliance could result in shipment delays and canceled orders. This has created an opportunity for e-commerce platformsโ€ฆ

States Introduce New Online Sales Tax Laws: What Retailers Should Know
October 11, 2018 at 4:38 pm

On this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Caitlin Sullivan and Joe Keenan discuss the recent enactment of online sales tax laws by 10 more states (Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin), as well as what retailers should be thinking about and doing as online sales tax becomesโ€ฆ

Online Sales Tax Laws Go Into Effect in 10 States Today
October 1, 2018 at 2:02 pm

Ten states will start collecting sales tax from out-of-state online retailers starting today, thanks to a series of new laws created in response to the South Dakota v. Wayfair case the U.S. Supreme Court decided in June. In deciding the case, the Supreme Court overturned a ruling (Quill Corporation v. North Dakota) that said the Constitution bars states from requiringโ€ฆ