Before the back-to-school sales even begin, it’s time to think about your holiday sales strategy.A plan to stay tax compliant during the busiest shopping season of the year is more important than ever. Including sales tax compliance as part of your overall holiday preparations can support your business’s revenue goals, enhance the customer experience, drive efficiency and cost reduction, and accommodate growth and change. Here are a few steps you can take to stay compliant all year long:

Managing sales tax for software companies

The software industry is dynamic, with new developments and trends happening all the time. Tax legislation is constantly evolving to keep pace with the industry, and trying to stay compliant can get complicated. As it stands, the 45 states with a sales tax, plus Washington, D.C., categorize software up to 10 different ways for tax purposes. That can be a lot to manage if your company is doing it alone.

Managing sales tax for retail companies

No industry has experienced massive change and growth over the last few years quite like retail. From strategies like buy online, pick up in store to a boom in ecommerce both global and domestic) to a rise in multichannel and marketplace selling, it seems like there is something new for your customers to pay attention to every few months. And of  ourse, the sales tax rates and rules are in constant flux too.

Tax legislation on the tobacco (and now vape) industry has been changing since the jazz age, and it shows no sign of slowing down — even 100 years later. In fact, with the  ise in popularity of vape products and the new legislation built into the 2020 COVID-19 relief bill, tobacco and vape manufacturers, sellers, and distributors might be subject to  ore complicated rules and regulations than ever.

COVID-19-related changes left beverage alcohol industry shaken and stirred The COVID-19 pandemic ignited an explosion in ecommerce across most industry sectors. Beverage alcohol was no exception.

Manufacturers have always faced a unique set of rules when it comes to tax compliance. However, two forces — the COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of ecommerce — are changing some of the fundamental assumptions that manufacturers have always operated under.