Managing sales and use taxes can be complex and time-consuming for businesses. Outsourcing sales tax obligations can offer several advantages, as you have outlined. However, it is essential to consider both the benefits and potential drawbacks before deciding. Here are some additional points to consider: Cost-effectiveness: Outsourcing sales tax obligations may incur additional costs, such…
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California: Boutique hotel owners (taxpayers) were eligible for refunds of penalties imposed by the City and County of San Francisco for failing to file tax returns on time and failing to pay certain hotel taxes because they demonstrated that they had exercised reasonable care. The taxpayers relied on an employee to file, repay and make…
AL: The Alabama Department of Revenue appeal against a Circuit Court judgment was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because the judgment was not final. In that matter, the department found that the taxpayer, a furniture store operator, paid no sales or use tax on its furniture sales and shipping fees collected on shipments to various…
ALABAMA: A convenience store operator was assessed properly under the Alabama sales and use tax law on its retail sales. The taxpayer failed to maintain adequate books and records and didn’t correctly report its sales. The taxpayer did not provide thorough information about its purchases, and, as a result, the Alabama Department of Revenue determined…
WA: A home building and remodeling company were appropriately subject to Washington retail sales tax and business & occupation (B&O) tax as the Department of Revenue met its obligation in notifying the taxpayer of the assessment. The Department of Revenue sends documents to a taxpayer electronically; the taxpayer is assumed to have received the information…
Maine: A taxpayer was properly subject to Maine sales tax on the sales of cakes for off-premises consumption because they unintentionally failed to collect and remit tax did not constitute a ground upon which the Board of Tax Appeals could cancel or decrease the assessed tax. …
VIRGINIA: A taxpayer was properly subject to Virginia sales and use tax as the purchase of lime and tractors did not qualify for the exemption for the harvesting of forest products for sale under the Virginia law. Virginia law states that machinery, tools, repair parts, fuel, etc. used directly in the harvesting of forest products…
ARKANSAS: A taxpayer’s landscaping services for new construction projects was properly subject to Arkansas sales and use tax assessment as under Arkansas law landscaping services are subject to tax regardless of whether they are performed on residential or commercial property and regardless of whether or not the service is provided in connection with new construction….
