Sales Tax & More

Balthasar Wyss is the Vice President of Customer Success and Operations for FlavorCloud, a leading cross-border international shipping company that helps your brand go global. Prior to joining FlavorCloud, Balthasar was the Senior Director of Partner Marketing & Business Development at Avalara, which is a leading provider of sales tax and compliance solutions. He also worked at Microsoft Corporati...

Scott Peterson is the Vice President of US Tax Policy and Government Relations for Avalara. Before that, he was the first Executive Director of the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board and Director of the South Dakota Sales Tax Division. Accounting Today named Scott as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting in 2018 and 2019.  Avalara is a leading provider of cloud-based tax comp...

Robert Payne is a sales tax specialist at Sales Tax and More. He is responsible for doing tax research, audit defense, and similar type projects. He has over a decade's worth of experience working as a state tax auditor, and he has worked with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration as a tax auditor. Robert holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Accountancy from the Northern Illino...

Nils Andreassen is the current Executive Director of the Alaska Municipal League. He's also the former Executive Director of the Institute of the North.  Nils has a degree in Peace and Development from the University of Bradford in England. His background in rural and international development and in Alaskan and Arctic policy, fits very well within AML's mission which is to support and strengthen...

The Wayfair decision made in 2018 by the United States Supreme Court was a phenomenal overturning of longstanding court ruling on taxable businesses. This recent court ruling impacts many businesses, not only in South Dakota but also in other US states; and whenever new court decisions are finalized and become executory, it's a challenging time not just for the implementers but for those who need...

Marketing and public relations, contrary to what most people think, go hand in hand in pushing a business or practice forward. And according to Scott Cytron, making these two work seamlessly together to establish your brand is very important -- even for accounting professionals. Scott Cytron is the President of Cytron and Company, a firm that helps professionals and B2B/B2C companies with their PR...

Many Amazon sellers don't have their own eCommerce sites, and according to Jason Boyce, this is a very risky move. Why? Because Amazon has control over their account and can suspend it or remove product listings without warning, and getting things fixed will not only be time-consuming, it will also be quite a challenge to do. This is why Jason Boyce, CEO of Avenue Seven Media, encourages brand own...

If you're a CPA or other accounting profession and want to start offering sales tax services in addition to what you currently offer to your clients, getting the right kind of training is necessary for you to be able to provide the best kind of service you can possibly give. On the flip side of the coin, if you already have a ton on your plate and don't want to be the one offering this service you...

Economic nexus is a new concept for sales tax although it has been around for a while now. for income tax and other types of taxes. Two Supreme Court cases made rulings on sales tax where one said you had to have some sort of physical presence in order to create a link with a State and that State could then require you to collect or pay its taxes. Then the other on June 21 2018 said that there's n...

The main question most people have when it comes to sales tax is, 'When does a company have to worry about collecting sales tax?' To answer this question, Michael Flemming will walk you through the four factors you need to look at in determining whether you need to start worrying about sales tax collection or not.  Michael is the Founder of Sales Tax & More and is one of the country's leading auth...

A lot of times auditors can be very tough with taxpayers and can have bullish behavior, either because they think the taxpayers don't know what is required or because the auditors themselves don't know what's really needed. So how do you handle such cases? Michael Fleming, host of The Sales Tax and More podcast, has the solution. Michael is the Founder of Sales Tax and More and is one of the count...

For companies that have the responsibility of collecting resale certificates or other types of exemption certificates, there are a couple of things that need to be checked to prevent audit assessments. Michael Fleming, the host of the Sales Tax & More podcast, highlights these items this week Michael is the Founder of Sales Tax & More and is one of the country's leading authorities for state tax i...

For any individual, once you give money to the State, getting a refund is not always easy. The language used in some Voluntary Disclosure Agreements (VDA) says that payment is a final settlement and you cannot get your money refunded. So how do you go about ensuring that you hire an expert sales tax firm for advice on your tax needs?  Michael Fleming, the host of the Sales Tax & More podcast, has...

States share their information with the IRS, so if you pay independent contractors you would usually do that using Form 1099. So if the State finds out from the IRS that you issued a 1099 but check their tax roles and you are not signed up with them, you can expect a letter from them.  Such was the case of a pipe seller who contacted Michael Fleming for tax assistance. Michael is the Founder of Sa...

When it comes to software as a service, there is a lot of confusion among software companies because they don't understand that they are taxable in some States. It could be that their attorney or accountant told them their services are not taxable, and when contacted by the State they go into a panic.  And that's when Michael Fleming gets the call. Michael is the Founder of Sales Tax & More and is...

The sales tax world was turned upside-down since June 21, 2018, when the Wayfair decision was made by the Supreme Court. This is because the Court ruled that one does not need to have a physical connection with any state before they can be required to collect sales tax.  So what impact did this ruling have on the administration of sales tax? Host Michael Fleming has all the answers. Michael is the...