Sales Tax

Cloud sales tax and compliance systems provider Avalara has formed a strategic alliance with PayPlus Software, Inc., (www.payplus.com), a payroll and employee management software company serving the Professional Employer Organization (PEO) industry.

TaxJar, an online service that manages sales tax filing for ecommerce merchants, has announced the availability of its service to all Square sellers. More business owners can now easily eliminate the complexity and time involved in filing state and local sales tax by linking their TaxJar and Square accounts.

What should you be doing in your state and local tax practice this month? Here's your SALT checklist for September.

Armanino LLP, the largest independent accounting and business consulting firm based in California, announced today the appointment of Chris Carlberg as its first General Counsel in the firm's history. Chris is responsible for overseeing all legal work for the firm as well as advising on business policy and overall governance.

Kansas Secretary of Revenue Nick Jordan told Wichita Republicans Friday that the state's system for giving sales tax exemptions to charities is too political -- and politics will probably keep it from getting changed.

Business taxes account for 44.9% of all state and local taxes.

Many companies know the cure for the payroll blues (implementing the right technology), but now there's also a cure for the sale tax blues. Watch and learn, then take a look at the automated sales tax solutions from Avalara.

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