Courtesy Of TaxFoundation.org Have you hear the Supreme Court ruled on collecting Internet sales tax? Internet retailers can be required to collect sales taxes in states where they have no physical presence, the Supreme Court ruled on today; June 21, 2018. The Court upheld a law passed by South Dakota lawmakers in 2016 that requires out-of-state online sellers to collect the state’s sales taxes if the companies have more than $100,000 in annual sales of products to South Dakota residents or more than 200 separate transactions involving state. There are currently 31 states who have laws taxing Internet sales as shown in the map below. Courtesy Of TaxFoundation.org These are three easy steps to understand how the Internet sales tax will apply to your business. 1. What is your sales volume? The threshold is 100,000 USD in sales OR 200 transactions - both within one year. 2. Identify the state of transaction. Let's say you sell in five different states. You nee...

This is a true, bonafide, example of a marketing a local business to boost community awareness of his services, a taxi company, just by using his smart phone, photos, and a Google Local Business listing. One local business client did something amazing and fun - he took photos of his taxis at various local places and uploaded them to his local business listing in Google. All done of this done from the comfort of using his smart phone. And, my oh my, look at what Google is sending him .... This is proof positive of a simple, just about free, marketing method that any business can accomplish. The next step in this effective marketing technique is taking it one step farther .... to set up a link, in his business listing on Google, to a landing page , on his web site, to start converting some of his viewers to subscribers. A great example of simple, successful smart phone marketing and the proof is in the pictures. Steu Mann, Ez Web Company