AL Sales Tax Guidance

Most Georgia online business owners are focused on finding new ways to increase sales through expanded online advertising and marketing, identifying new product/service offerings and providing a high level of customer service. Ensuring the company is growing and increasing profits is often the main concern. The truth is that accounting issues including sales tax collection is often something that falls to the bottom of the list. However, a recent Supreme Court ruling issued in June in the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. has changed the sales tax collection rules for these companies, known as remote sellers. The rule that a company needs to have a physical presence in a state to be required to collect sales tax was struck down. This has opened the door for states to require qualifying remote sellers to collect and remit state sales tax. Earlier this month the state of Alabama issued a notice they will begin previously issued regulations which will impact Georgia companies.