SALT Vault
Welcome to the SALT Vault, your member-exclusive resource. Here you will find information to support and enhance your sales tax and state income tax efforts. If you have any questions, contact us here.
For those without a significant sales tax background, we suggest seeking professional guidance.
Drop-Shipping Tools and Information
Proprietary State Tax Charts and Matricies
Remote Seller Step-By-Step Registration PowerPoints
Our Services
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Whether you need one return a month or three hundred returns a month, we have plans that fit your needs and are priced accordingly. We file in the United States, Canada, and U.S. territories, and we can accommodate foreign entities that do not have a U.S. bank account. We offer full-service options that include handling notices, the movement of funds, and other additional services or simple return preparation options where you review, submit, and pay on your own.
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Once you know where you have nexus, we can register you for any state or local tax, including sales tax, income tax, payroll taxes, and Secretary of State filings. We also offer business licensing registration and compliance, registered agent representation, and annual report services. We can even help you form an entity. If we have not listed your registration need, ask us. Chances are we can help.
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Taxability can be very different from state to state, and can sometimes change quite rapidly. Many of our consulting and research agreements help companies determine if their products/services are taxable in the different states. We can answer many questions off the top of our heads in a consultation; those we can't, we can research.
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We are currently offering our Exemption Certificate Spot Check Review. In this review, we will ask that you provide us with a list of exempt sales from the past 12 months. We will then choose 25 transactions and ask for those certificates. We will then review each certificate for the most common reasons an auditor would reject a certificate during an audit. While 25 certificates is not a scientific sample, it is generally enough to indicate whether there are issues or not. There usually are. Even if there are no issues, there is something to be said for peace of mind. Our fee for the spot check is $495. You can sign up for this service here.
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We help purchasers and sellers understand the range of documentation that can be accepted or provided in each state that will protect the seller while providing the easiest path for purchasers to be compliant. We also review certificates on a case-by-case basis or provide exposure analysis for all of your certificates. We also provide exemption certificate management.
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We can help you determine where you may have nexus for sales tax, income tax, payroll tax, and Secretary of State filings. We have three levels of service; consultations, reviews, and studies. Sometimes all your questions can be answered in consultation and sometimes you may need a more formal detailed analysis.
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Exposure mitigation is all about reducing your past tax, penalty, and interest exposure either proactively through voluntary disclosure agreements (VDAs) and amnesties or reactively by providing audit defense. We offer services where we support you in the background or where you have us handle it all. We also perform due diligence reviews.
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International sellers, especially eCommerce sellers, often have a unique set of challenges. U.S. tax laws are very different from other countries. Nexus and taxability are common issues with many international sellers not realizing they could have exposure for both income and sales tax. We can help identify and solve these problems.
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eCommerce is one of the most rapidly evolving areas of sales tax and will be for years to come. We are one of the foremost thought leaders in the field and can help you navigate this tumultuous sea of change. We have services for those selling on their own platforms as well as those selling on a marketplace. We can help you determine where you should register to collect sales tax, perform registrations, do your returns, and configure your platforms.
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There are many good choices when it comes to sales tax technology. Each company has it strengths and weaknesses. How do you choose what is best for your situation? We can help. We are agnostic when it comes to platforms and can help guide you to making the right decision. Once you have made a choice, we can help configure the tax settings. We can also help configure marketplaces, shopping carts, and other platforms.