Jan 6, 2021 | ACMA In the News, Legal Corner, Members Only
By Martin Eisenstein & Jamie Szal Ordinarily we’d start off by wishing you a very Happy New Year, but unfortunately the new year brings further developments on the state tax front that pose new challenges for ACMA members. While the changes will not be as drastic as those that have occurred since the June 21, […]
May 8, 2020 | Legal Corner, Members Only, Recent News
By Martin Eisenstein & David Bertoni In these unprecedented times, like you, we have worked on a host of pressing issues that our business has faced. As we all collectively try to emerge from this situation, we thought now would be a good time to complete the series of articles we started before the crisis. […]
Feb 3, 2020 | Legal Corner, Members Only, Recent News
By Martin Eisenstein & David Bertoni Last month, we reported on the states’ aggressive efforts to impose liability for direct taxes, such as income taxes and gross receipts taxes, based solely on sales in the state. In this article, we discuss the attempts by “home rule” local jurisdictions to extend Wayfair to the collection of local […]
Jan 15, 2020 | Legal Corner, Members Only, Recent News
By Martin Eisenstein & David Bertoni Last year was a whirlwind year for state sales taxes. States seized on the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2018 decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair to require sales tax collection by remote retailers based on sales alone; an in-state physical presence is no longer a requirement. To date, all but […]
Jan 9, 2020 | Legal Corner, Members Only, Recent News
By David Swetnam-Burland The ACMA has received several inquiries from members on how to handle the policies now in force under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which went into effect on January 1, 2020. Chief among them are how best to act on and respond to consumer data deletion requests. In today’s ACMA Legal […]
Jun 25, 2019 | Legal Corner, Members Only, Recent News
By Martin Eisenstein & David Bertoni Catalog and online retailers are faced with enormous challenges in complying with a host of new state tax and privacy laws and regulatory requirements. Collecting the correct amount of sales tax or following the divergent requirements of various state privacy laws is a daunting task. Mistakes are easy to […]