KPMG, the global tax, audit and advisory firm, has taken a minority interest in LumaTax, the startup that spun out of Seattle’s Pioneer Square Labs four years ago with its… Read More
Avalara looks to be a prime beneficiary of Thursday’s historic U.S. Supreme Court decision on e-commerce sales tax collection, as shares in the sales tax automation company spiked 30 percent… Read More
It has been nearly a decade since Avalara had all its Seattle-area employees under one roof. But that changed last month when the sales tax automation company opened a new… Read More
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Several business interests opposed a proposed Washington state tax on the sale of electronic personal information at a legislative hearing Friday. Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, introduced the… Read More
Washington state’s lack of income tax is either one of its greatest assets or one of the main issues holding it back economically, depending on who you ask. State income… Read More
Amazon is ending its affiliate program in Louisiana after legislators passed a law allowing the state to tax businesses without a physical presence there — the latest stand-off in the company’s… Read More
Avalara announced today that it’s adding support for Brazilian taxes to its global tax compliance platform thanks to its acquisition of technology and content from SuitePlus, a company headquartered in… Read More
Avalara, the Bainbridge Island-based sales tax compliance company, announced today that it has expanded its footprint to Durham, N.C. The company will be moving into an office in the city’s… Read More
A bill supporting the collection of online sales tax may finally be dead after bouncing around the halls of Congress for more than a year. This week House Majority Leader John… Read More
Laws that require online retailers to collect local sales tax are hitting Amazon particularly hard, according to a new study by researchers at Ohio State University. Amazon’s sales in states where… Read More
There’s a whole maze of state and local laws governing sales tax collection, and it can be hard for a small business to figure out how to pay their share… Read More
Billionaire buddies Bill Gates and Warren Buffett wholeheartedly agree on one thing: Online retailers need to be taxed. Speaking on CNBC this morning, Gates and Buffett discussed a bevy of… Read More
There’s a bit of an e-commerce gold rush going down in California, where Amazon.com customers are scrambling to squeeze in some last-minute shopping before they have to start paying sales tax… Read More
An Amazon.com executive today told Congress that the company supports federal legislation providing a constitutional framework for states to collect taxes on online retailers — including those based out of… Read More