On March 28, 2013 the New York State Court of Appeals (their name for the highest court) ruled against Amazon and Overstock in their lawsuit against New York over a law that changed the definition of physical presence for sales tax purposes. In 2008 New York adopted a law revising the definition of a “vendor” to include“a person making sales of tangible personal property or services taxable under this article (‘seller’) shall be presumed to be soliciting business through an independent contractor or other representative if the seller enters into an agreement with a resident of this state under which the resident, for a commission or other consideration, directly or indirectly refers potential customers, whether by a link on an internet website or otherwise, to the seller, if the cumulative gross receipts from sales by the seller to customers in the state who are referred to the seller by all residents with this type of an agreement with the seller is in excess of ten thousand dollars during the preceding four quarterly periods.” Continue reading
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Sales tax automation. Not just for big companies
April 11, 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern
Are you fed up with sales tax?
Companies, large and small, have requirements to collect and remit sales tax. They share concerns over the same complexities, the same challenges and the same risks.
It’s can be late nights at the office manually maintaining an onsite system. Or watching your to-do list get longer while you spend days filling out sales tax returns. It’s the stress of sorting through boxes of paperwork preparing for an audit. It’s a never-ending battle.
Avalara Sponsors MivaCon 2013
Avalara is excited to announce our participation at MivaCon 2013, March 6-8th at the Hyatt Regency La Jolla in San Diego, CA. Swing by our table and learn how we can ease your sales tax woes with our seamless integration into Miva Merchant.
Magento eCommerce Forum – Seattle
Join Magento, Levementum, Avalara, and PEER1 in Seattle, February 21st to learn how you can use a multi-store eCommerce site to grow and develop your business while managing the growing complexities around sales tax compliance.
Gold Magento Solution Partner, Levementum, will share how they have implemented multi-store Magento sites for clients who have achieved success beyond expectation.
Avalara will show you how the AvaTax extension can handle your needs for local municipal sales tax compliance and filing and PEER1 Hosting will help you assess your infrastructure needs so that you can provision your store fronts in a scalable way.
Details: 4:30PM – The Metropolitan Grill, 820 Second Ave. Seattle, WA 98104
Offsite and Automated, The Future of Online Sales Tax
The future of online sales tax is here.
Online businesses are changing the way they do sales tax in 2013. Amazon’s agreement to collect sales tax, drop-shipments and affiliate marketing are greatly affecting what defines nexus. With states already increasing audits, this year is proving to be a critical time for online businesses to reconsider their sales tax strategy.
Start by automating sales tax in the cloud. Advantages to managing sales tax with Avalara include:
- Rooftop Accurate, Offsite in the Cloud. We handle all rates, rules, and boundary updates, so you don’t have to.
- Integrated. We address the limitations of managing sales tax within the framework of your local platform.
- Reporting. All your tax information is available on-demand.
Simplifying Ecommerce Sales Tax
Sales tax rate calculations are complex.
With more than 11,000 jurisdictions and thousands of taxability rules, it can be a nightmare to ensure accuracy.Join us for a live webinar and in just 30 minutes learn how to:
- Understand and prepare for various state requirements for sales tax compliance
- Accurately and effectively manage sales tax within your applications
- Protect your business from negative audits and save time and money on tax administration
How to Navigate the Online Sales Tax Legislation Waters
Three online sales tax bills could level the playing-field for brick-and-mortar businesses, but pose considerable consequences for online retailers faced with correctly calculating and remitting sales tax for online transactions.
Join leading online sales tax expert, Sylvia Dion for a one hour webinar on current sales tax legislation and how your business can stay ahead of the curve. If your business sells goods or services online, make sure to join us as we discuss:
- State “Amazon Laws” and what they mean to online businesses
- Online sales tax best practices
- The Marketplace Fairness Act and Marketplace Equity Act
REGISTER HERE for this must-attend webinar available on-demand today.
GoECart + Avalara: Simplifying Ecommerce Sales Tax
Join GoECart and Avalara for a free webinar to understand the complexities of the ever-changing world of sales tax. You’ll learn how to utilize this knowledge in an increasingly multichannel marketplace. Discover how to protect your business from audits and save time on managing sales tax so you can focus on revenue and growth. Learn about a technology platform that allows for seamless calculation, remittance and reporting on all sales tax liabilities across all customer touch points.
Attend this free live webinar and learn how to:
- Understand state sales tax rates and requirements.
- Accurately and centrally manage sales tax rates and jurisdictions for all your sales channels.
- Eliminate audit risks for your business.
- Learn about a game changing technology platform.
- See how a fully integrated software suite can help merchants sell and operate more effectively.
Presenters: Matthew Grattan, Sr. National Director of Ecommerce Sales, Avalara & Manish Chowdhary, Founder & CEO, GoECart
This webinar will be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST
Space is limited, Register Now!
Sales Tax, You’re Doing it Wrong
Let’s face it no one likes dealing with sales tax.
Doing sales tax right is time-consuming, resource intensive and not core to your business. You’re probably doing it wrong and don’t even know it.
Doing sales tax right means having accurate tax information for a valid address, knowing the rules, keeping up-to-date with the latest changes, being able to access the necessary information to file and remit quickly and easily, as well as being prepared for defense in the event of an audit.
Attend this live webinar and in just 30 minutes learn how to:
- Understand and prepare for various state requirements for sales tax compliance
- Accurately and effectively manage sales tax within your applications
- Protect your business from negative audits and save time and money on tax administration.
This webinar will be held on Thursday, November 15, 2012 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM PST
Click HERE to register!
Simplify your sales tax process in Microsoft Dynamics AX
Join Retail Realm and the self-proclaimed ‘Recovering Accountant,’ Mark Wilhelm of Avalara for a 45 minute presentation about current sales tax legislation and how automation can solve common business challenges associated with sales tax management.
Thursday, October 4
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM PST/ 1:00 PM EST
Register here!
View Mark’s demonstration of how AvaTax for Microsoft Dynamics AX eliminates manual entry for sales tax and sales tax-exempt transactions. Seamlessly integrated with Dynamics AX, AvaTax automates tedious, high risk/no reward sales tax management by offering a low risk/high value SaaS based solution.
About Retail Realm:
For almost two decades, Retail Realm is a multinational company specializing in creating and managing a portfolio of vertical business software solutions that are marketed worldwide through a community of resellers.
