Economic Nexus news and trends

Deep Dive: Wayfair’s Complex, Ongoing And Unexpected Effects On Retailers
Next-Gen Sales Tax // October 28, 2019

The 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling is reshaping the business landscape, forcing companies to consider its long-term effects. Wayfair’s case enabled cities and states to pass economic nexus laws that require out-of-state sellers to collect and remit taxes on local residents’ sales, and it...

Confronting Wayfair’s Unanswered Questions
Next-Gen Sales Tax // October 25, 2019

Passing broad sales tax laws is an approach that many legislators are taking to close loopholes, but the policies don’t always play out as intended. States like Kansas have drafted laws to force platforms that don’t handle payments to collect sales tax, making compliance challenging....

NRF On The Case For Revising eCommerce Sales Tax Laws
Next-Gen Sales Tax // October 24, 2019

The 2018 South Dakota v. Wayfair ruling gave states and cities permission to tax remote sellers and online marketplaces based on their economic participation in the state, regardless of whether they had physical presences. State and local governments aren’t satisfied with stopping their tax updates...

Economic Nexus Laws’ Unexpected Impacts On Restricted Substance Retailers
Next-Gen Sales Tax // September 30, 2019

The eCommerce sales tax laws introduced last year are causing unintended effects on the tobacco industry — making compliance harder. SMBs can’t afford to sell online if it means paying steep taxes, and time spent determining how much they owe in taxes to various state...

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Trending: Close But No Cigar? What Local Sales Tax Laws Mean For Tobacco eSellers

September 27, 2019
Countries around the globe are launching new digital sales taxes in efforts to improve their revenue streams and create more balanced business environments for domestic brick-and-mortars and foreign eCommerce marketplaces. Global consensus over how such tax policies should be enacted has yet to materialize, however, and disagreements among laws create confusion and greater compliance work […]

Report: The Risky Business Of Navigating Online Sales Tax For Merchants

September 03, 2019
Consumers are flocking to eCommerce, and more than 230 million U.S. consumers are expected to be shopping online by 2021. Merchants are eagerly striving to be selected to fulfill consumers’...