If you buy online, you might have noticed sometimes you don’t pay sales tax. Soon that might not be the case. This week the Senate passed a bill designed to make it easier for online retailers to charge the tax. So how will this change the way online retailers do business and what will it mean for consumers? Diane Yetter explains how the current online sales tax system works.

How does YETTER work with you to identify appropriate tax calculation? An excerpt of an interview in October of 2011, with Diane Yetter, President of YETTER. In this segment, Diane talks about what makes YETTER different. Diane talks about some of the questions she may ask you when analyzing your sales tax implementation. She provides some typical examples of candidates that can use help in tax determination.

Getting questions from your customers about tax?  An excerpt of an interview in October of 2011, with Diane Yetter, President of YETTER. In this segment, Diane talks about how customer service can be a leading indicator of sales tax calculation issues. Diane notes that an inquiry from a customer could be prelude to an audit.

If your company travels, uses contractors, or sells software or information products, you may owe sales tax outside your home state.  An excerpt of an interview in October of 2011, with Diane Yetter, President of YETTER. In this segment, Diane notes that due to the complexity of the tax regulations, a CFO of a software company, or a company that uses contractors should examine their sales tax liabilities. Additionally, if a company’s employees so a lot of traveling, you may be generating liabilities in those states.

Diane Yetter loves to understand your company & help you with sales tax!   An excerpt of an interview in October of 2011, with Diane Yetter, President of YETTER. In this segment, Diane talks about her passion for sales tax. She notes that most accounting deals with summary data. However, with sales tax, she gets to understand what your company does… and how it works. That makes the difference in understanding your tax liablity.

When you don’t hold inventory, but instead let a third party drop ship to my customers the tax liability changes, and not always in your favor. When a third party is shipping goods on your behalf the question of where you have to collect and pay sales taxes gets somewhat complicated. In this video Diane Yetter outlines some of the issues you might want to be aware of.

Why automate your sales tax calculation?  An excerpt of an interview in October of 2011, with Diane Yetter, President of YETTER. In this segment, Diane talks about what makes Yetter different. Diane suggests that you should consider sales tax automation to insure a consistent calculation of tax. However, most important is a planning process that identifies what your company does, what do you buy, and what are your business processes.

What makes YETTER different from accounting firms and other sales tax professionals?  An excerpt of an interview in October of 2011, with Diane Yetter, President of YETTER. In this segment, Diane talks about what makes YETTER different. Diane notes that her wide range of experience allows her to understand all of the points of view. Her broad understanding provides insights into the practical approach of balancing the business risks of not being 100% compliant to with cost of being 100% compliant.

“Sales Tax.” Interview with Diane L. Yetter regarding the Cook County and Chicago sales tax proposed increases. Eight Forty-Eight. WBEZ. 27 Sept. 2007