Southeast Sales Tax Spotlight: Hot Trends and Burning Issues

If you currently do business or are planning to do business in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, you need to be aware of key sales tax issues and unique tax situations for those states.

Sales tax rules and legislation are constantly changing at the state level. It can be nearly impossible to keep up with every important law change or court ruling that is taking place.

The Southeastern region has its own challenges and critical updates. For example, since facing one natural disaster after the next, Florida implemented significant sales tax relief options that reach much of the population and Alabama has decreased their taxation of food!

Join the webinar to learn how the southeastern states are taking on the world of sales tax and what that means for your company. You’ll get caught up on significant sales tax updates and legislative changes that can influence your company’s sales and operations.

Be sure you’re taking advantage of what’s happening in sales tax right now in the Southeast United States!

Your Teaching Staff

In this 90-minute live webinar, sales tax experts Amanda Cusack and Diane Yetter of the Sales Tax Institute will provide you with key sales and use tax information for seven Southeastern states. They’ll cover important taxability and exemption issues, administrative items, sales and use tax rate information and more.

They will also cover recent important legislative changes, the continued effect of South Dakota v. Wayfair in these states, significant recent court cases, and other crucial sales tax updates. And during the live Q&A portion of the webinar, you can get answers to your specific sales tax questions directly from Diane.

Learning Objectives for this webinar include:

• Learn the sales tax essentials for seven Southeastern states, including critical items such as taxability, exemption, and nexus rules.
• Find out how the recent current events in the region could be affecting your business’ obligations and operations.
• Learn the details of each state’s post-Wayfair remote seller nexus legislation and how these rules affect your tax obligations as an out-of-state or online seller.
• Discover unique and unusual sales tax items for these states, so you don’t get tripped up on common mistakes that auditors love to penalize for.
• Understand important sales tax administration rules for the states – such as key exemption items, sourcing rules, sales tax holidays, amnesty information, and more – so you can ensure that you handle sales and use tax correctly on your sales in these states and stay compliant.
• Find out how Southeastern states handle the taxation of food items and are implementing measures to contribute to disaster tax relief.