We did it! In May 2017, Avalara hosted its second Annual CRUSH conference – the premier conference for transactional tax compliance automation. This year’s conference saw attendees from all over the country and a wide spectrum of roles, including financial executives and tax super stars. They all came together to learn from top industry professionals and network with peers in tax compliance. Click below to see the interactive recap of the conference.
4 takeaways from the CFO panel on sales tax compliance
Avalara hosted a panel discussion with three CFOs at CRUSH Austin. The panel talked about the current trends they’re seeing in tax compliance, and the challenges they face every day to minimize their companies’ exposure to sales and use tax issues.
Three company growth activities that can be life (and tax changing)
You might have landed new funding, just experienced a merger or acquisition, or undergone technology upgrades. During these dynamic events, tax compliance often takes a backseat to other priorities, but it shouldn’t. Company growth can vastly change your sales tax nexus footprint. Read on to find out how to navigate through tax compliance during your company’s growth events.
Understand your invoices: Is your sales tax calculated correctly?
When AvaTax calculates tax from your transaction, there’s a specific order of operations. The quality of the invoice data you provide has a direct impact on the tax rate AvaTax generates. Watch this short video to learn what’s a tax call, the anatomy of a transaction and how each data point impacts your tax calculation.
With sales tax revenue dropping due to an increase in untaxed internet and catalog sales, a growing number of states have created economic nexus laws. These are designed to tax sales by out-of-state sellers that lack a physical presence in the state. Check out these eight states that have considered the adoption of a similar policy.
Massive indirect tax transformation for India on July 1st
India is on the brink of the biggest tax reform since independence in 1947. The new Goods and Services Tax (GST) will go into effect on July 1, 2017, unifying indirect taxes and fundamentally altering everything about indirect taxation in India. Learn more about these sweeping changes, and how Avalara can help foreign companies comply with India GST.
Avalara A-Lists are on the move! Watch for events coming to a city near you. A-List events are a fun and educational way to network with other finance, accounting and tax professionals. Join us for an all-star lineup of guest speakers in New York, Salt Lake City, and Denver in June —
Some states are more complicated to do business in than others. They have more tax rules and exemptions and a host of policies that might seem wacky compared to the rest of the country.
Best Practices for Managing Consumer Use Tax (CUT) for Your Business: June 27
Many tax experts refer to consumer use tax as the “forgotten tax.” Many businesses don’t manage use tax properly and state auditors claim that errors in use tax can be one of the top audit risks.
You’ve probably heard all about nexus. If not, it’s a pretty simple concept: having enough presence in a state that you need to collect sales tax in that state. What’s not so simple to understand is what determines significant physical presence in other states.
Mitigating risk is a big part of running a business. Sales tax isn’t typically top of mind for most financial executives. It doesn’t contribute to the bottom line, so why worry about it? Sales tax isn’t a big money maker for you, but it is for the states. In fact, for the 45 states that collect it, sales tax makes up one-third to one-half of their revenues. Facing budget deficits, many states are increasing audits as a means for recovery.
Do you go looking for exemption certificates in file drawers or boxes shoved in a closet somewhere? Come on, you know who you are. Join Avalara for a product demonstration of the robust and comprehensive exemption certificate management tool, Avalara CertCapture, to learn how you can streamline another area of sales tax. In just thirty minutes, you will learn about the core features of CertCapture.
Join Avalara for a presentation about the added benefit of automating your filing and remittance process. We’ll be taking a look at Avalara Returns as a solution for navigating around many of the complex problems presented by filing and remittance.
Get free training for Avalara products and learn about product taxability, how to handle your reconciliation and reporting, how to import your transactions and more! View and register for our upcoming product training webinars.
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