by Paul le Roux | Oct 20, 2026 | Sales Tax Basics & Updates
Yes. Selling online to New Jersey customers can create sales-tax obligations even when your business has no New Jersey office, employees, or inventory. For remote sellers, New Jersey’s published economic-nexus test is met if, in the current or prior calendar year,...
by Paul le Roux | Oct 19, 2026 | Sales Tax Basics & Updates
Yes—but the new Streamlined Sales Tax remote-seller voluntary disclosure program is designed to cover qualifying remote sellers’ past-due sales and use tax, not every seller or every kind of tax debt. This one varies by seller and by state, and it is the kind of...
by Paul le Roux | Oct 19, 2026 | Sales Tax Basics & Updates
The Streamlined Sales Tax (SST) remote-seller voluntary disclosure program is scheduled to open January 1, 2027, and the initial program is scheduled to run through December 31, 2027, unless the SST Governing Board extends it. It is not a blanket offer from every SST...
by Paul le Roux | Oct 19, 2026 | Sales Tax Basics & Updates
Yes. A remote seller may be able to settle past-due sales tax through the Multistate Tax Commission’s Multistate Voluntary Disclosure Program (MVDP), which coordinates voluntary disclosure requests with participating states. If a state accepts the seller and the...
by Paul le Roux | Oct 17, 2026 | Sales Tax Basics & Updates
For most sellers, Colorado’s proposed marketplace rule would not shift the basic arrangement: a marketplace facilitator generally collects and remits Colorado state and state-administered local sales tax on sales made through its marketplace. Colorado Department of...
by Paul le Roux | Oct 14, 2026 | Sales Tax Basics & Updates
Yes. Alabama’s Department of Revenue says that, beginning September 1, 2026, a credit card transaction fee is not subject to Alabama sales or use tax when it is separate and identifiable from the other charges. The department’s definition includes fees assessed on...
