Sales Tax Slice: Remote Sales, Cloud Computing, Services Likely to Dominate Debate in 2014 - McDermott Will & Emery

Sales Tax Slice: Remote Sales, Cloud Computing, Services Likely to Dominate Debate in 2014

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Stephen Kranz, assessing the current state tax treatment of cloud computing, said that “the legislative destination regime that we have today doesn’t work in a mobile environment.” He cited the example of persons who buy cloud services remotely in one state but are subject to sales tax collection where they reside even if that’s not what the law says should happen. Mr. Kranz called for change and said “the only way to get there is federal legislation.” Read the full article