{"id":10722,"date":"2022-08-02T20:38:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T20:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxops.com\/?p=10722"},"modified":"2022-08-02T20:38:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T20:38:05","slug":"getting-started-with-sales-tax-compliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxops.com\/getting-started-with-sales-tax-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started with Sales Tax Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" data-id=\"10724\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Sales-Tax-Compliance-1-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10724 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Sales-Tax-Compliance-1-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/taxops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Sales-Tax-Compliance-1-980x513.png 980w, https:\/\/taxops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Sales-Tax-Compliance-1-480x251.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" data-id=\"10724\" src=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Sales-Tax-Compliance-1-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10724 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Sales-Tax-Compliance-1-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/taxops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Sales-Tax-Compliance-1-980x513.png 980w, https:\/\/taxops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Sales-Tax-Compliance-1-480x251.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/judith-vorndran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judy Vorndran<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em><em><em><em>Interpreting sales tax laws, rules and regulations is not something that can be automated. It takes a specific lens to understand past, present and future activities that impact sales tax liabilities and create risk. That risk is in the details, which is also where reducing that risk starts.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sales tax automation tools are prospective in nature, supporting elements of an ongoing sales tax compliance program going forward. Automation tools do not, however, account for what has been done in the past or fix mistakes. Moreover, interpreting sales tax laws, rules and regulations cannot be automated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For that, businesses need a 360-degree lens to understand activities that impact sales tax compliance and create risk. This means paying particular attention to areas captured below. The following tasks are in no way comprehensive or exclusive. Get started right by contacting your <a href=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TaxOps advisor<\/a> so that management can make key decisions about how to comply now and into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Prepare for Compliance<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Legal and Practical Considerations in Determining where to Comply<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Review the company\u2019s process of controls, including how sale orders are generated and put through the compliance process. Tap the sales team to understand market presence and more fully understand the way a sale is generated as well as the documentation required to flow through to accounting. Enlist the sales team to help the accounting and finance team manage risk and compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gather information for filing the right forms, including gross revenue and the number of transactions in states where sales are remote. Then create a plan to register, collect and remit\u2014either via a marketplace or with a hosted or cloud solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nexus, Exposure and Taxability Review<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Avoiding sales tax obligations is not cheaper than compliance and creates risk that can be hard to pinpoint. Identifying exposure starts with a streamlined nexus study. This helps businesses understand how revenue is generated and how the business makes their money. A nexus review also makes it easier to see relative risk across the country and determine the requirements that must be meet. Focus first on larger states where a company has more business going on. This might include highly populous states such as California, Florida, Illinois, New York and Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Negotiating Remediation and Penalty Abatement Proceedings<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For businesses that have failed to do the right thing, consider the need for voluntary disclosure agreements (VDAs) in states with effective dates that have already passed. Every state in America has VDA opportunities, except New Mexico, which offers a payback plan with a limited lookback, allowing businesses to reduce taxes, interest and penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Texas has the best VDA program in country. In the Lone Star state, providers work directly with a person who has authority to create a workaround without getting caught up in the clerical system. The savings in back taxes and non-compliance costs from a VDA can easily be 10-times the amount a business pays a provider to get the agreement done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create a \u201cculture\u201d of compliance across the enterprise from the sales team to the accounting department. Compliance is a company wide effort to effectively manage multistate duties. No company should be eating a customer\u2019s tax due to improper documentation, or not properly taxing a transaction at the time of invoice. These efforts will serve to prevent future remediation or penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Establish a Sales Tax Compliance Filing Process<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201ceasy\u201d part of sales tax compliance is putting the numbers on a return and filing those returns to various jurisdictions. There are, however, multiple factors to consider highlighted in the following checklist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sales Tax Compliance Filing Checklist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Manage Tax Data Reports<\/li><li>Maintain a Tax Calendar<\/li><li>Prepare for Filing<\/li><li>Handle Notices<\/li><li>Document Sales and Use Tax Process<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Manage Tax Data Reports<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a perfect world, all sales tax calculations are managed in one system and a single report can be produced each month providing details of all the sales and use tax liabilities. As businesses grow, though, they acquire other businesses, they change their accounting systems, and they launch new e-commerce platforms \u2013 all resulting in different sales tax processes. Each of these iterations and sources of sales tax information will need to be incorporated into the filing process and require mapping for disparate data to the individual return(s).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maintain a Tax Calendar<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is critical to maintain an accurate tax calendar that reflects where a business is registered for sales tax purposes, the filing frequency of each return, the e-file login credentials, and other state-specific information. This tax calendar is not a static item; it must be maintained and updated over time as filing frequencies change or a business needs to register in additional state or local jurisdictions. Keep an eye out for notices from state and local governments, as they may require a change to your tax calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prepare for Filing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Be prepared to file both online returns and paper returns. Most states require an online filing with an electronic payment. Local jurisdictions, however, often require paper returns with a check. Some businesses struggle with the internal deadlines to have checks or payments authorized in a timely fashion. Unfortunately, the jurisdictions will not adjust their due dates based on internal resource limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Handle Notices<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jurisdictions enjoy sending mail. For example, a jurisdiction may send a notice of a change in filing frequency from quarterly to monthly. Missing this change and skipping two monthly returns will result in a penalty. Additionally, jurisdictions may send a deficiency notice that requires an issue to be resolved.\u00a0 These deficiency notices generally have very tight time frames in which to respond \u2013 5 days, 10 days, etc. \u2013 so put in place a process to take the guess work out of responding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Document Sales and Use Tax Process<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public companies and companies that adhere to various financial covenants must thoroughly document their sales and use tax process including the various controls in place that ensure the process is executed effectively each month. These controls must be reviewed periodically and tested to ensure proper operation. If outsourcing parts of sales tax process, the vendor should have a SOC (System and Organization Controls) review performed at least annually by an independent third-party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Move Forward with Confidence<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wayfair is everywhere. Calculating sales tax is now a critical business process. Education and experience are needed in this area to fully understand the idiosyncrasies in state and local tax. By executing these steps, businesses will be much better equipped to handle tax compliance in the wake of Wayfair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each state has different laws, rules and rates, so businesses must manage their own processes and liabilities, whether they are a marketplace provider or not. Get ahead of potential issues by familiarizing your team with state-specific policies and create a culture of compliance top to bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Working with a qualified sales tax consultant through each facet of compliance, management can gather and use their insights to make key decisions about how to comply<em>. <\/em>If you need help or guidance with any part of the lengthy sales tax compliance process, reach out to the professionals at <a href=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/\">taxops.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Let&#8217;s Talk Tax<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Tax News<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/auditor-independence-in-the-age-of-private-equity\/\">Auditor Independence in the Age of Private Equity: What CFOs Need to Know<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/r-d-credits-for-software-companies\/\">R&amp;D Credits for Software Companies: Scrum Teams, Qualifiers, and Section 174 After OBBBA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/section-174-decoupling-what-tax-pros-need-to-know-state-by-state\/\">Section 174 Decoupling: What Tax Pros Need To Know State By State<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/sean-espy-new-partner\/\">TaxOps Welcomes Sean Espy as Partner, Tax Minimization<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/state-nexus-demystified-navigating-tax-compliance-after-wayfair-episode-1-2\/\">Your Tax Footprint Is Probably Bigger Than You Think: What Finance Leaders Need to Know About State Nexus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/contact\/#subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe to Tax News<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Judy Vorndran Interpreting sales tax laws, rules and regulations is not something that can be automated. It takes a specific lens to understand past, present and future activities that impact sales tax liabilities and create risk. That risk is in the details, which is also where reducing that risk starts. Sales tax automation tools [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"53px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:gallery {\"linkTo\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\"><!-- wp:image {\"id\":10182,\"sizeSlug\":\"large\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img src=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Texas-High-Court-Clarifies-Service-Receipt-Apportionment-1-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10182\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image --><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:gallery -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"53px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em><em>The Texas Supreme Court has ruled in favor of apportioning service receipts to the location of personnel or equipment, a position providing clarity to taxpayers on whether to source receipts from services performed versus where customers are at.<\/em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- \/wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:quote -->\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<!-- \/wp:quote -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/taxops.com\/tram-le\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Tram Le\">Tram Le<\/a> <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On March 25, 2022, the Texas Supreme Court held in favor of the taxpayer that services revenue is apportioned to the location where services are performed, consistent with Texas law.<sup>1<\/sup> The Court found that the performance of service is located where the taxpayer\u2019s personnel or equipment is physically doing useful work for the customer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The case involves Sirius XM (Sirius XM Radio, Inc. v. Hegar, Tx. Sup. Ct. No. 20-0462 (3\/25\/22)), whose headquarters, transmission equipment and production studios used in providing a subscription-based satellite radio service are largely located outside of Texas. In the 2010 and 2011 tax years, Sirius XM apportioned tax based on costs of activities in Texas and outside of Texas. Under Texas rules, service revenue is apportioned to Texas based on the \u201cfair value of the services\u201d rendered in Texas where services are performed in more than one state.<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>For those tax years, the Texas Comptroller adjusted on audit to base the tax on the percentage of Sirius XM\u2019s Texas subscribers. The Comptroller argued that service revenue is sourced to Texas if the \u201creceipt-producing, end-product act\u201d takes place in Texas. In this case, such an act was considered the decryption of the satellite network and enabling of each subscriber\u2019s radio to receive Sirius XM\u2019s signal. However, Sirius XM argued that its services \u2013 the production and broadcasting of radio content \u2013 was mainly performed outside of Texas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Texas Supreme Court ultimately agreed that Sirius XM was providing satellite radio content and those services are performed in Texas if the labor employed in that service is doing the work in Texas. This constitues a natural reading of the law, which requires taxes due \u201cwhere service [is] performed in this state.\u201d This rejects the Comptroller premise of service taking place at the customer location. The Court also rejected the use of the \u201creceipt-producing, end-product\u201d test to determine where a service is being performed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Although the Court ruled in favor of the taxpayer, the case was remanded to the Appellate court for further review of Sirius XM\u2019s cost of performing services and evidence to support its \u201cfair value of services\u201d performed in Texas.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The Texas Supreme Court opinion provides clarification in apportioning service revenue in Texas and determining whether services are performed in the state. Taxpayers doing business in Texas should carefully review business operations, nature of services, i.e., properly characterizing the services provided to customers and location of equipment, facilities, and personnel to properly apportion revenue.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>In addition, if services are being performed in Texas and outside of Texas, taxpayers must properly evaluate methods of determining the fair value of services and maintain sufficient evidence to support what revenue is apportioned to Texas. Contact a TaxOps advisor is you need assistance assessing nexus and taxability in the state of Texas and everywhere you do business.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Tram Le is a member of the SALTovation team at TaxOps and an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Arlington. 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