Brighton is the Marketing Content Manager at The Sales Tax People, bringing a background in copywriting, content strategy, and social media to the world of sales tax compliance. She makes sure the content actually lands.
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Nearly every state with a sales tax offers some version of an exemption for equipment, machinery, or materials used in production, but what qualifies and what…
Sales tax is specialized enough that not knowing when to refer out can cost a client more than the referral itself. New states without a nexus…
Use tax is the same obligation as sales tax, just running the other direction, and it's entirely self-reported. If a vendor didn't charge you tax on…
Texas audits move fast and reward preparation over improvisation. The standard four-year lookback disappears entirely if a return is unfiled, fraudulent, or underreported by 25 percent…
Drop-shipping means two transactions, not one, and each can be taxed differently. Your supplier's nexus can create exposure even when yours is clean, and a missing…
When state budgets tighten, enforcement gets sharper, not slower. Auditors get redirected toward known noncompliance, data-matching increases, and collection moves faster once an assessment is final.…
Avalara automates calculation. It doesn't guarantee compliance. Here's how misconfiguration happens quietly over time, what it actually costs, and how to catch it before a state…
The LOI is signed. Diligence is deep in EBITDA, working capital, customer concentration. And nobody has said "sales tax" yet. That's the problem.
Exemption certificates on file aren't the same as valid ones. See what triggers audit adjustments and how to review your files before an auditor does.
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