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Update on Washington State & FBA Nexus and Amazon Announcement to Start Collecting Washington Sales Tax on Third Party Online Sales

November 21, 2017 by Martin Silver

We have received a lot of calls over the past few months from out of state online retailers who were contacted by Washington’s Department of Revenue (DOR).  DOR asserted that these retailers must start collecting Washington state sales tax (WSST) on their sales made to customers residing in Washington state if they owned inventory stored… CONTINUE

Filed Under: State Audits, State Tax News, Tax News, Washington Department of Revenue Tagged With: audi, audit, retail sales tax, Washington State sales tax

Washington “Zapper” Criminal Prosecution – Use of Zapper May Have Tipped off Auditors to Unreported Cash Sales

February 25, 2016 by Martin Silver

The Department of Revenue announced on its website on February 5, 2016, that the state had filed charges against the owner of Facing East, a Bellevue restaurant, alleging among other charges the use of sales suppression software to hide cash transactions, and “pocketing  nearly $395,000 in sales tax collected from her patrons.” Revenue has for… CONTINUE

Filed Under: State Audits, State Tax News, Tax News Tagged With: audit, criminal prosecution, detection, sales suppression software, zapper

About Martin Silver, P.S.

Licensed to practice before the U.S. Tax Court and Washington State and Federal Courts.

Widely recognized authority and lecturer in State, Local and IRS tax matters.

Author of Washington Taxes: Representing Taxpayers Before the Washington Department of Revenue (Butterworth Publishing, 1992), and numerous articles.

"AV" rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the nation's most recognized legal directory.

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