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The evolving saga of tax information reporting for cryptocurrency exchanges took another turn recently when the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) declared that cryptocurrency trading platforms must register as national security exchanges. With the SEC’s new requirements, trading platforms must either register or be exempt from registration, or risk operating illegally. Effectively, the regulatory body […]

Sovos Use Tax Manager enables organizations to reduce the risks and costs associated in notoriously error-prone use tax management processes March 5, 2018, LAS VEGAS [SAP Ariba Live] — Sovos, a global leader in tax compliance and regulatory reporting software, today announced Sovos Use Tax Manager, a cloud-based solution that automates use tax determination reconciliation […]

International News European Commission Backs Italy’s E-Invoicing Mandate On February 5, 2018, the European Commission backed Italy’s e-invoicing mandate by recommending the EU Council approve Italy’s derogation request from the EU VAT Directive. By way of background, Italy’s mandate (which would become effective in two stages starting on July 1, 2018) requires taxpayers to provide, […]

If you’re interested in improving your accounts payable internal controls while streamlining your use tax self-assessment process, look no further than Sovos Use Tax Manager. Many companies have begun digital transformations to automate their procure-to-pay processes, moving away from paper invoicing. Regardless of how they are managing the process today, automation is still not enough. […]

One of the key challenges within e-invoicing is to keep your processes and systems compliant at all times. Guaranteeing compliance is not easy. As we say here at Sovos, “regulation constantly evolves; VAT requirements are moving targets and there is no such thing as being half compliant”. One of the biggest mistakes enterprises make is […]

Let’s face it, most companies have larger things to worry about than the dormancy period of uncashed payroll checks or researching state websites to determine if vendor checks should be escheated this year or next. What was the last activity date again? Yuck! Many of the organizations that have invested in unclaimed property filing software […]

The Colombian tax administration (DIAN) issued a new resolution 000010/2018 on February 6th that requires large taxpayers to issue and report electronic invoices by September 1, 2018. This resolution was widely expected in Colombia since the DIAN already issued a draft of it in the last quarter in 2017, where it asked for feedback from […]

The Sovos team is looking forward to meeting procurement leaders at SAP Ariba Live in Las Vegas, March 5-7. Procure-to-Pay Tax Compliance Challenges Remain We’ve been gathering insights from the Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG) into the challenges tax compliance, procurement, finance & accounting, and IT are having regarding incorrect sales tax charges and/or use […]

Finding potential errors or missing data before filing VAT forms is essential to efficient VAT compliance and reporting, but this process is often left to manual, random and selective processes. These ad hoc data checks simply aren’t enough when it comes to ensuring accurate VAT compliance in a changing regulatory landscape requiring real-time data sharing […]

Organizations reporting tax information to Vermont might have been surprised to find that the state is no longer part of the Combined Federal/State Filing (CF/SF) program for form 1099. Previously, organizations could report 1099 information to the IRS, and the IRS would send that information directly to the department of revenue in Vermont. The reporting […]

Tax evasion is a costly problem that has impacted virtually every Latin American country. According to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which looked at studies of evasion rates, tax non-compliance cost countries an estimated US $340 billion in 2015. To combat this issue, governments across Latin America and around the […]

Charles Maniace, Director of Regulatory Analysis, Sovos, discusses how the recent “cookie rule” could impact the Supreme Court who decided to revisit the 1992 Quill v North Dakota case that limits a states’ tax authority over online sales based on physical presence or nexus in-state. Chuck TV – Episode V   Episode I – Supreme […]

Charles Maniace, Director of Regulatory Analysis, Sovos, discusses what it would mean for manufacturers if the Supreme Court decided to overturn the 1992 Quill v North Dakota case that limits a states’ tax authority over online sales based on physical presence or nexus in-state. Chuck TV – Episode IV   Episode V – “Cookie Nexus” Impact […]

Charles Maniace, Director of Regulatory Analysis, Sovos, discusses what it means to you that the Supreme Court decided to revisit the 1992 Quill v North Dakota case that limits a states’ tax authority over online sales based on physical presence or nexus in-state. Chuck TV – Episode I   Check out Episode II – South […]

Charles Maniace, Director of Regulatory Analysis, Sovos, discusses what it would mean for businesses if the Supreme Court decided to overturn the 1992 Quill v North Dakota case that limits a states’ tax authority over online sales based on physical presence or nexus in-state. Chuck TV – Episode III   Episode IV – Quill v North […]

Charles Maniace, Director of Regulatory Analysis, Sovos, discusses the unique facts surrounding the South Dakota nexus rule given the Supreme Court decided to revisit the 1992 Quill v North Dakota case (that limits a states’ tax authority over online sales based on physical presence or nexus in-state) based on a law adopted in South Dakota. […]

For corporate tax professionals concerned with 2018 tax trends and maintaining sales and use tax compliance with the numerous changes in the tax compliance landscape in the U.S. this past year – as well as those emerging on the horizon, – our Webinar, “U.S. Sales and Use Tax Trends 2018 – A Shifting Landscape,” was […]

During the past year, much has been said and many rumors have flourished about the direction of e-invoicing in Italy – and more specifically about whether or not Italy would (and could!) make the exchange of e-invoices mandatory for all supplies. We have repeatedly reported about these developments as they have unfolded and now we […]