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How do you get a Sales Tax ID Number?
Now more than ever, businesses are finding that they need to obtain sales tax ID numbers in the states in which they are doing business. But how, exactly, do businesses go about getting a sales tax ID? Since the Supreme Court of the United States held in South Dakota vs. Wayfair that states could require businesses…
Read MoreHow to Register your Online Business for Sales Tax
You need to register to pay sales tax with multiple states, but how do you get started? Like many online retailers, you may have discovered the sales tax laws you were familiar with were turned on their head in June 2018 when the landmark decision, South Dakota vs. Wayfair, came down from the Supreme Court…
Read MoreWhen to Register for a Sales Tax Permit
Businesses that know they need to register for sales and use tax may be dragging their feet in deciding when to go through with it. Between June 2018 and April 2019, many businesses have gone from being registered only in the states they are physically located in to needing to register in many states across…
Read MoreI have nexus. What next?
Once business owners realize they have sales tax nexus, it is important to understand the registration options that come next. You may have done your research when you first heard about the recent Supreme Court case South Dakota vs. Wayfair that changed United States sales tax law forever. First, you may have looked into what…
Read MoreFlorida Jumps on Board to Regulate Vapes as Tobacco Products
In Florida, recent legislation seeks to define e-cigarettes as tobacco products and also restrict flavored vape products to be sold at 18 and over stores. Although some reports have determined that e-cigs and vapes are much safer than traditional cigarettes, the potential harmful effects seem to have motivated the restrictive lawmaking. Surprisingly, the new law’s…
Read More2018 Farm Bill Passes – Now What?
A hot topic of discussion this year has been the 2018 Farm Bill, more formally, the Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, and what it means for the burgeoning hemp industry. Attorneys in the space get calls regularly on the issue, with clients asking some form of the question: “Is hemp now fully legal?” If you…
Read MoreCOUGAR DEN WINS AGAIN IN SCOTUS
On March 19, 2019 the Yakima Nation won an important motor fuel tax case against the state of Washington in the Supreme Court of the United States. The case centered on whether a fuel importer, who was owned by the Yakima tribe, could be forced to pay $3.6 million of taxes for importing motor fuel…
Read MoreFL DBPR Ordered to Pay Blunt Wrap Company’s Attorneys Fees
In 2016, Florida’s appellate court ruled that blunt wraps are not taxable in Florida. In Brandy’s, the court determined that a blunt wrap was not a taxable “tobacco product,” because it did not meet the statutory definition as ‘loose tobacco suitable for smoking.” Specifically, the court said that the blunt wraps was a “distinct cohesive…
Read MoreWhat is Economic Nexus?
Sales tax law changed forever in June 2018 when the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling in the South Dakota vs Wayfair case. Prior to the Wayfair case, the law of the land was that businesses collected and remitted sales tax in the states in which they were physically located. However, with…
Read MoreFlorida New Economic Legislation Bill
Each week, more states continue to propose and/or adopt new legislation in response to the South Dakota v Wayfair US Supreme Court holding on June 21, 2018. Of the larger states, Florida has remained mysteriously silent on whether it would follow the economic nexus legislation produced by South Dakota and repeated by dozens of other…
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