After leading the nation in local soda taxes, California bans them – Wacky Tax Wednesday

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/08/after-leading-thenationinlocalsodataxescaliforniabansthemwackyta.html

Tax Q&A: What happens if I don’t collect sales tax?

https://www.avalara.com/trustfile/en/blog/2018/08/tax-q-a-what-happens-if-i-dont-collect-sales-tax.html

Sales Tax Compliance for the Amazon Seller

https://www.payability.com/blog/sales-tax-compliance-for-the-amazon-seller/

Vehicle telematics and communications tax: What's next for the consumer auto industry?

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/08/vehicle-telematics-and-communications-tax-whats-next-for-the-consumer-auto-industry.html

Sales tax, income tax, and use tax: What are the main differences?

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/08/sales-tax-income-tax-and-use-tax-what-are-the-main-differences.html

2018 sales tax changes: mid-year update

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/08/2018-sales-tax-changes-mid-year-update.html

9 Sales Tax Tips To Keep Your Small Business Mighty

https://www.retailtouchpoints.com/features/executive-viewpoints/9-sales-tax-tips-to-keep-your-small-business-mighty

South Dakota Department of Revenue responds to Wayfair decision

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/08/south-dakota-department-of-revenue-responds-to-wayfair-decision.html

Call for sales tax simplification

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/08/call-for-sales-tax-simplification.html

How to handle sales tax for small businesses — registering, collecting, and filing

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/how-to-handle-sales-tax-for-small-businesses-registering-collecting-and-filing.html

A little salesy...

Michigan considers economic nexus in the wake of Wayfair

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/michigan-considerseconomicnexusinthewakeofwayfair.html

Starting a business? Here are 3 sales tax mistakes to avoid.

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/starting-a-business-here-are-3-sales-tax-mistakes-to-avoid.html

How to Advise Clients After Wayfair Ruling

https://www.accountingweb.com/tax/sales-tax/how-to-advise-clients-after-wayfair-ruling

New sales tax rules for remote (online and off-line) sellers

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/learn/sales-tax/South-Dakota-Wayfair.html

Sales tax records: What do you need to keep?

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/sales-tax-records-what-do-you-need-to-keep.html

Minnesota will require remote sellers and M a rketplace P roviders facilitating sales into Minnesota to collect sales tax no later than October 1, 2018

http://www.revenue.state.mn.us/newsroom/Documents/20180725%20Wayfair%20Update.pdf

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/minnesota-out-of-state-sellers-must-collect-sales-tax-starting-october-1-2018.html

Missouri localities look to increase use tax collections, July 2018

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/missouri-localities-look-to-increase-use-tax-collections-july-2018.html

July 13 Sales Tax Links

Alabama Tax Amnesty
https://www.alabamataxamnesty.com/

Louisiana Legislature Partially Extends Sales Tax Hike, Fate of Online Sales Tax Still Uncertain

https://taxfoundation.org/louisiana-legislature-partially-extends-sales-tax-hike-fate-online-sales-tax-still-uncertain/

Nonprofits and Sales Tax
https://www.avalara.com/us/en/learn/whitepapers/nonprofits-and-sales-tax.html

Resale Exemption Only Applies to Materials that are Integral to Manufactured Product
https://www.ttrus.com/article.php?id=i1110

Private Letter Ruling Request on Application of Utah Sales and Use Tax to
Restaurant Order Placement Services 
https://tax.utah.gov/commission/ruling/17-001.pdf

This used to be on the sidebar - the list now has its own page - easier to edit

Blogs and sources I like and visit regularly

http://salestaxnews.blogspot.com/p/blogs-and-sources-i-like.html

Ahem...me

The Most Important Piece of Software Acquisition Advice I can Give

https://salestaxguy.blogspot.com/2018/07/most-important-piece-of-software.html 

July 11 Sales Tax Links

Alabama – ADOR Launches Tax Amnesty Website, Application Period Opens July 1
http://report.saltcpa.com/2018/06/alabama-ador-launches-tax-amnesty-website-application-period-opens-july-1/#.WzZ8lrhG200 

Louisiana Lowers Sales Tax Rate, Extends Many Exemption Suspensions, and Taxes Business Utilities
https://www.ttrus.com/article.php?id=1103

Iowa Tax Reform Guidance: Photography and Retouching Services
https://tax.iowa.gov/sites/files/idr/documents/TaxReformGuidance_Photography%20and%20Retouching%20Services.pdf

Big Soda’s sweet deal to ban soda taxes is a California shakedown

Read more here: https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article213801879.html#storylink=cpy

https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/editorials/article213801879.html

Drop shipping in a nutshell

Nexus and the holidays: 3 drop shipping scenarios you should know about

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/nexus-and-the-holidays3dropshippingscenariosyoushouldknowabout.html 

New Jersey to offer tax amnesty in 2018

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/new-jersey-to-offertaxamnestyin2018.html

7 holiday sales tax sins

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/7-holiday-sales-tax-sins.html

12-Year Ban on Local Grocery Taxes Causes Focus on Soda to Fizzle in California
https://www.bna.com/extras-excise-12year-b73014477078/

And you thought we were through with Wayfair

Wisconsin goes with SD type rules - but also notes that, if you have physical presence, the safe harbors don't apply
https://www.revenue.wi.gov/Pages/Businesses/remote-sellers.aspx
https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/Wisconsin-to-enforce-Wayfair-style-economic-nexus-rule-starting-october-2018.html

Idaho reinforces the click-through/agent rule - again with no safe harbor
https://tax.idaho.gov/n-feed.cfm?idd=4190

Hawaii does retroactivity

Hawaii taxes out-of-state sellers as of July 1, 2018

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/Hawaii-taxes-out-of-state-sellers-as-of-July-1-2018.html
https://www.vertexinc.com/resources/insights/south-dakota-v-wayfair-update-hawaii

Alabama starts enforcement - creates their own Streamlined Sales Tax Project called SSUT.  Huh.
https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/alabama-to-enforce-remote-sales-tax-collections-starting-october-1-2018.html

OTT impacts of Supreme Court repeal of physical presence precedent

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/OTT-impacts-of-supreme-court-repeal-of-physical-presence-precedent.html

So, basically NO then...

State and federal lawmakers rally in response to Supreme Court sales tax ruling

https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/state-and-federallawmakersrallyinresponsetosupremecourtsalestaxr.html

States with South Dakota–style economic nexus laws
https://www.avalara.com/us/en/blog/2018/07/States-with-south-dakota-style-economic-nexus-laws.html

What Does the Wayfair Decision Really Mean for States, Businesses, and Consumers?
https://taxfoundation.org/what-does-the-wayfair-decision-really-mean-for-states-businesses-and-consumers/