Recent Posts in Sales Tax On Internet Transactions Category
Posted on May 2, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq
BELOW PLEASE FIND A LINK TO A FORMAL POSITION LETTER SENT TO EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS IN WHICH THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEY-CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS OPPOSE THE MARKETPLACE FAIRNESS ACT OF ...
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Posted on May 1, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
FLORIDA MOTOR VEHICLE SALES TAX RATES BY STATE – TIP 13A01-02 One of the easiest ways for a Florida car dealer to get themselves in trouble with the Florida Department of Revenue is how to ...
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Posted on Apr 18, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq
For the past two years, various counties in Florida have been battling the on-line travel companies for local tourist development taxes on the portion of the fee paid by hotel guests but never paid to ...
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Posted on Mar 7, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq.
If you are reading this, then you either received a Florida nexus questionnaire from what I like to call our "comrades in Tallahassee" (or Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, New York, etc) or perhaps ...
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Posted on Mar 1, 2013 By Jerry Donnini, Esq.
FL TAX LITIGATION ALERT – HUGE VICTORY for Online Travel Companies Over the past year or so, there has been significant litigation in Florida involving the Online Travel Companies (OTC's) ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2013 By James Sutton, CPA, Esq
Florida's state 6% sales tax rate is the starting point for businesses and consumers to determine the proper sales tax rate to charge for the sale of tangible personal property in Florida. A ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2012 By Jerry Donnini, Esq.
Upside Down with Your Florida Sales Tax? Why Not Voluntarily Disclose? During a down economic market, it is all too easy for a business to pay the power bill, employee salaries, rent, etc. and not ...
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Posted on Jul 19, 2012 By James Sutton
People often talk about how complicated government regulation is getting these days and how it makes it very hard for businesses to operate in our great country. One would think that our government ...
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Posted on Jul 17, 2012 By Jerry Donnini
EXPEDIA AND ORBITZ DEAL ANOTHER BLOW TO FLORIDA COUNTIES Over the past six months, there has been significant action on the litigation front involving the Online Travel Companies (OTC's) ...
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Posted on Jun 26, 2012 By Jerry Donnini
EXPEDIA AND ORBITZ DEAL ANOTHER BLOW TO FLORIDA COUNTIES In the never-ending national battle between the various counties and the Online Travel Companies (OTC's) over the Tourist Development Tax, ...
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Posted on Apr 17, 2012 By Jerry Donnini
The vacation rental market is a thriving and lucrative business here in Florida, and on a national level, that caters to seasonal residents and the tourism industry alike. Unfortunately, due largely ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2012 By Jerry Doninni
FL TAX LITIGATION ALERT – FL Legislature Sues ONLINE TRAVEL COMPANIES In early December 2011, I blogged about litigation involving Online Travel Companies (OTC's) such as Expedia, ...
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Posted on Feb 22, 2012 By James Sutton
Has Your Company or Your Client Received a Florida Nexus Questionnaire? If you are an out-of-state company and you receive a letter from our good friends at the Florida Department of Revenue that ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Jerry Donnini
FLORIDA TAX LITIGATION UPDATE - ONLINE TRAVEL COMPANIES SETTLE WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY In early December 2011, I blogged about litigation involving Online Travel Companies (OTC's) such as Expedia, ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2012 By Jerry Donnini
In the first week of January, 2012, I wrote about sales tax and escheat risks regarding Groupon and other online vouchers on our firm's blog. The next day, the Third Circuit ruled on somewhat ...
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Posted on Jan 4, 2012 By Jerry Donnini
GROUPON / ONLINE VOUCHERS – BIG SALES TAX & ESCHEAT RISKS For about the past year, Groupon and similar online voucher sites have been a hot topic in the legal and state and local tax ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By James Sutton
Florida Proposed Affiliated Nexus to Subject Internet Transactions to Sales and Use Tax On December 2, 2011 a bill was pre-introduced for the 2012 legislative session by Representive Honer into the ...
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