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2026
August – CO SaaS Taxability
July – Marketplace Facilitator Sales Tax: A Platform’s Guide to Collection, Filing and Gaps
June – Washington’s B&O Tax & Chicago’s Lease Tax Changes: What SaaS Finance Leaders Should do Now
May – Why your Sales Tax Checklist Isn’t Enough: What M&A Advisors Need to Know. About Due Diligence
March – Nexus and Sales Tax: Does Your SaaS Company Have Obligations in Other States?
February – Sale Tax Compliance for Foreign SaaS and Tech Companies Scaling in the US: Your Strategic Guide
January – Understanding Chicago’s Personal Property Lease Transaction Tax: What the 2026 Rate Increase Meansfor your Business
2025
December – AI and Sales Tax Compliance: What Finance Leaders at AI Companies Need To Know
November – What Sales Tax Software Can’t Do and Why That’s Not The Problem
September – How SaaS Companies Can Solve Sales Tax Compliance: A 6- Step Framework That Works
July – Sales Tax Basics for SaaS Companies
May – Discover our New SaaS Sales Taxability Map
April – Tariffs and Sales Tax: Are they Taxable?
February – Avoiding Common Exemption Certificate Mistakes
January – Louisiana Administers the Taxability of Software as a Service (SaaS)
2024
August – Michigan & Wisconsin and Sales Tax- SaaS, Software and Other
July – Benefits of Outsourcing Sales Tax Compliance
February/March – Preparing for a Sales Tax Audit: Tips and Best Practices and Strategies
January – Preparing for a Sales Tax Voluntary Disclosure Program: Best Practices and Strategies
2023
December – The Role of Technology in Streamlining Sales Tax Compliance
November – Maximizing California’s Sales Tax Exemptions for Businesses
October – Direct Sales and Sales Tax: A Comprehensive Guide
September – Calculating and Collecting Sales Tax for SaaS Transactions
August – The Sales and Use Tax Audit Series- 3rd BlogThe Pre-Audit
July – Conducting Effective State Tax Due Diligence
June – The 5th anniversary of the Wayfair Decision
May – The Sales Tax Audit Series – for CA and beyond
April – California & Washington and SalesTax- SaaS, Software
March – Happy 21st Birthday Miles Consulting
February – Does Your Business Need a Nexus Study?
January – A Simple Step-By-Step Guide to stay ahead of sales tax compliance
2022
December – A Useful Guide to Economic Nexus
November – NFTs and sales tax – why are the details important?
October – Beer Making in CA – some sales tax considerations
September – Returning to the Office? Important Informationto Understand your State Tax Liability
NEWSLETTERS
2022 Newsletters (contd)
- Huge Sales Tax Questions every marketplace facilitator should consider | July 2022
- Update to the California Partial Manufacturing Sales and Use Tax Exemption | June 2022
- An Important Update on SaaS and Sales Tax: Answering Client Questions | May 2022
- Returns and Sales Tax: What are Important things to know as a business? | April 2022
- Service Sales Tax by State: Important Things to know | March 2022
- What’s a “Reverse Sales Tax Audit?” and why do you care? | February 2022
- Does economic Nexus Last Forever? What You Need To Know about Trailing Nexus | January 2022
Please check out our previous newsletters for additional information.
Please check out our previous newsletters for additional information.
- 2021 Business and state tax roundup: What were the big changes? | December 2021
- Are you a marketplace facilitator? | November 2021
- New California Competes Grant Program | October 2021
- What You need to know about the taxation of streaming services | September 2021
- Are remote works a tax liability? It Depends. | August 2021
- How the Paycheck protection plan is impacting businesses one year later | July 2021
- What to Know about the taxability of SaaS in 18 key states | June 2021
- What increased ecommerce means for online retailers | May 2021
- California – Tax Relief for Marketplace Facilitators | April 2021
- Maryland Jumps Aboard the Bandwagon to tax SaaS and Digital Products | March 2021
- What you need to know about Brexit as a retailer in the US | February 2021
- What to know about important tax updates in Illinois | January 2021
- What to know about certain tax obligations in California | December 2020
- How will the pandemic impact sales tax in the long run? | November 2020
- California’s Partial Manufacturing and R&D Equipment Exemption | October 2020
- The Trouble with Home Rule Jurisdictions | September 2020
- New State Tax Laws Effective October 1, 2019: What You Need to Know | September 2019
- What You Need to Know About the Taxability of SaaS in 9 Eastern States | August 2019
- California: Relief for Marketplace Sellers? | July 2019
- Happy Anniversary Wayfair! | June 2019
- What You Need to Know About Resale Certificates & Online Sales Tax | May 2019
- Happy Anniversary! And a Quick Look Back at this Year’s Big Changes | April 2019
- The Truth About SaaS & Economic Nexus: 5 Myths Exposed | March 2019
- Online Sales Tax & SaaS Companies: What You Need to Know in 2019 | February 2019
- Sleeping Giants Awaken: CA, TX & Wayfair | January 2019
- Holiday Shopping & Online Sales Tax: An Overview of what you Need to Know | December 2018
- Texas Jumps on the Economic Nexus Bandwagon! | November 2018
- The Wayfair Case Continues to Make Headlines | October 2018
- What You Need to Know About the Taxability of SaaS in Northeastern States | September 2018
- Economic Nexus in the Wake of the Wayfair Decision | August 2018
- U.S. Supreme Court: Goodbye Quill; Hello Wayfair | July 2018
- California and Market-Based Sourcing- Attempted Clarification? | June 2018
- Support for Women on Public Boards: CA Senate Bill 826 | May 2018
- The Latest in Online Sales Tax: Wayfair Vs. South Dakota Oral Arguments | April 2018
- Wayfair v. SD: What are Possible Outcomes of the Online Sales Tax Case? | March 2018
- 3 Ways High-Tax States are Fighting Federal Tax Reform | February 2018
- Happy New Year! An Online Sales Tax Preview for 2018 | January 2018
- The Top 8 Significant Sales Tax Issues of 2017 | December 2017
- New in the Online Sales Tax Realm: States and 3rd Party Sellers | November 2017
- Reminder to CA Manufacturers: Sales Tax Exemption! | October 2017
- Ongoing Amnesty Program: Act Soon! | September 2017
- The Nexus Discussion: Some Practical Examples | August 2017
- It’s all Greek to Me! US Multistate Tax for Foreign Companies | July 2017
- Another Move Toward Economic Nexus | June 2017
- What do you need to know about Washington’s Online Sales Tax? | May 2017
- Fascinating Ramifications of Colorado’s New Online Sales Tax | April 2017
- How to Determine the Taxability of Services, Part 1 | March 2017
- 3 Important Multi-State Tax Facts Medical Device Companies Need To Know | February 2017
- Multistate Tax: The Top 3 State Tax Issues For 2017 | January 2017
- Start-Up Companies Can Now Benefit from the R&D Tax Credit | December 2016
- Sales Tax Exposure Revisited | November 2016
- Sales Tax Non-Compliance: What’s Your Exposure? | October 2016
- Online Sales Tax Debate: Still Going On? | September 2016
- Companies Looking to Acquire: Why Worry about Sales Tax? | August 2016
- Companies Looking to be Acquired: Why Worry about Sales Tax? | July 2016
- When do you need multistate tax consulting services? | June 2016
- California Tax Incentives: Are They Beneficial Or Not? | May, 2016
- Is Nexus Necessary for State Taxes? Not According to these States! | April, 2016
- A Blast from the Past: Remembering 2002 | March, 2016
- Medical Devices & Multi-State Tax Issues Newsletters | February, 2016
- Conducting Business in the Golden State | January, 2016
- California Competes Tax Credit Program | December, 2015
- California – State Updates Conformity to Federal Code | December, 2015
- Welcome to the Rainmaker Series | October, 2015
- Football and Multi-State Tax Issues | September, 2015
- How Sales Tax Affect Crowdfunding | August, 2015
- Tax Credits vs. Tax Incentives [How They Help] | July, 2015
- A New CA Sales Tax Solution? The Upward Mobility Act | June, 2015
- “Girl Power” | May, 2015
- Nexus – a primer! | April, 2015
- How to Navigate the California Manufacturer’s Sales Tax Exemption | March, 2015
- Making Sense of The Cloud, SaaS and State Tax | February, 2015
- Sales & Use Tax Compliance Crackdown | January, 2015
- California New Employment Credit | December, 2014
- Marketplace Fairness Act: Internet Sales Tax Update | December, 2014
- Marketplace Fairness Act: What’s New? | October, 2014
- Enterprise Zone Hiring Credit Update | September, 2014
- Tesla Chooses Nevada; Changes Enacted for the California Competes Credit | August, 2014
- CA Manufacturing Exemption – Final Regs | July, 2014
- California Competes Tax Credit Program | June, 2014
- California’s New Manufacturing Exemption | May, 2014
- Marketplace Fairness Act – Ebay, Overstock and Amazon, Oh My! | April, 2014
- California Competes Credits | March, 2014
- EZ Programs: Get Your Vouchers Now | January, 2014
- The Latest on California’s Enterprise Zones | November, 2013
- Sales Tax to Extend to More Services? | September, 2013
- California State Senate Passes Enterprise Zone Overhaul | July, 2013
- Labhart Miles Goes To Sacramento! | April, 2013
- States of Affair | Spring 2010
- California Budget Update – Corporate Taxes | Spring 2009
- Banks and Economic Nexus – One Step Closer | Fall 2008
- Tesla plant to CA; Streamlined Sales Tax Project | Summer 2008
- CA: 8 New Enterprise Zones; Clients Helping Clients | Spring 2008
- MTC issues guidelines on “Cost of Performance”, Supreme Court updates | Fall/Winter 2007
- California Enterprise Zones – New (and Improved?) | August, 2007
- Update: California Enterprise Zone Regulations | February, 2006
- Ohio Tax Reform – A new “CAT” in town | August, 2005
- Lenders & Businesses See EZ Green | February, 2005
- California Amnesty – Blessing or Curse? | November, 2004
- CA FTB: No Dividend Received Deductions | June, 2004
- CA – Voluntary Compliance Initiative | February, 2004
- MIC “In Lieu” – Latest Events | October, 2003
- CA MIC – Latest Cases Provide “Clarification” | July, 2003
- California MIC – Legislators Offer Hope | April, 2003
- CA MIC: The Good, the Bad…and the Paradox | January, 2003
- MIC Scoreboard: Taxpayers 3 – FTB 0 | October, 2002
