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Enabling The Main Street Fairness Act Certified Service Providers make local sales tax easy. Calculating Local Sales Tax used to be difficult. The Problem. Certified Service Providers h ave proven systems available today that make it easy for merchants of any size. The Solution.
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Enabling The Main Street Fairness ActCertified Service Providers make local sales tax easy.
Calculating Local Sales Taxused to bedifficult The Problem Certified Service Providers have proven systems available today that make it easy for merchants of any size The Solution + affordable!
Opponents Say:“It is still too difficult…and it costs too much to comply” Our Response: People used to say that the world was flat… but that did not make it true.
Certified Service Providers Automatically handle all local… • sales tax rates • jurisdictions • exemptions • reporting and remittance
Benefits to Merchants - even free! Outsourced Easy to Use Fully Automated Accurate Local Sales Tax Zero Maintenance Transparent Affordable Minimize risk Flexible
E-Commerce Shopping Carts Easy to install Easy to enable Automated tax rules Automated exemptions Accurate local tax rates Zero maintenance Zero customer checkout impact
Standard Accounting Programs Easy to install Easy to enable Automated tax rules Automated exemptions Accurate local tax rates Zero maintenance Zero user operation impact
Automated Sales Tax Returns !!! • Sales tax returns are automatically generated. • Sales tax returns are automatically filed. • Merchant makes a single automated payment for all remittances. • CSP distributes the proceeds to all jurisdictions. • Merchant assured of on-time compliance. • Merchant avoids late-filing penalties and interest. • CSP assumes responsibility for audit(s).
CSP Summary even free! • The CSP program is robust and mature. • CSPs have been providing services for 5+ years. • CSPs are currently supporting thousands of multichannel merchants. • CSPs process millions of transactions annually. • CSPs offer a wide range of services for merchants of any size (and budget)—some are • Model public/private partnership
Conclusion Don’t let anyone • The undue burden cited in • Quill and Bellas Hess • no longer exists. tell youthe world is flat. • tell you • that calculating local sales tax • is too difficult and costly.