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Sales Tax Update – March 2025

Michael T Dillon, Dillon Tax Consulting LLC
3/3/2025

North Carolina Clarifies Subscriptions to Access Software vs. Digital Content

In a November 1, 2024 decision, the North Carolina Department of Revenue determined that a subscription to access digital content is taxable, whereas the same subscription to access nontaxable content is not subject to sales tax.  Taxpayer, for a subscription fee, provided users with access to its online learning platform, through which users could access songs, videos, books, printable worksheets, online video games, quizzes and other learning activities.  Users could also access online support via a chat feature.  Experiences can be adapted to be unique for each user, and the ...

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Sales Tax Update – December 2023

Michael T Dillon, Dillon Tax Consulting LLC
12/12/2023

Online commerce provides the ideal environment for wholesale transactions and drop-shipments.  You can literally have no employees or inventory – just a website and you are in business.  BUT – if you are the wholesaler, every sale you make is considered a retail transaction by taxing authorities, and is subject to applicable sales tax, unless and until ...

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Sales Tax: Strategic Thinking as Your Business Plans for 2024

Michael T Dillon, Dillon Tax Consulting LLC
11/21/2023

As 2023 comes to an end, lets recap a few important sales tax changes and offer insight into what taxpayers can expect for 2024:

·      Economic Nexus Transaction Counts – Initially, more than half of the states adopting economic nexus thresholds included a transaction count element as part of the threshold, meaning that a remote seller would ...

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Sales Tax Audits

Dillon Tax Consulting
10/16/2023

ARE YOU READY?

It’s no secret that states are running the most significant budget shortfalls in the Post-WWII era. As a remedy, they can either raise tax rates, increase the base, add more taxes, or heighten enforcement. Clearly the most pragmatic thing, and least politically problematic thing to do is heighten enforcement. And the ...

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