November 1, 2016 LTAS Technologies Inc. is pleased to announce a contract in response to the City of Santa Fe Request for Proposal for Short-Term Rental (STR) Compliance Software and Services. Santa Fe selected LTAS and its Harmari™ Taxcrawler service to analyze, identify via public record, and continuously monitor all Short Term Rentals advertised on
We offer the following services to help with the short term rental (STR) compliance tasks: 24/7 Complaints Tipline with real-time outbound notifications Direct Mail or Phone-based Outreach to non-compliant STR operators STR web and mobile-enabled registration page for new licensees Licensee and Tax Payment processing via PayPal Receive and compile audio / video documentation of
Custom Columns is a valuable new feature in Harmari Search, which will open up the metadata associated with Craigslist ads into a tabular format making it easy for compliance investigations. You can go with our recommended presets, or select your own columns in our easy selection interface. If you make a mistake, no problem; simply
21 States have passed or pending Click-Thru or Affiliate Nexus legislation, and 12 states are considering it as of this writing. The phenomenon is known as Click-Thru because it requires an out-of-state retailer to use an in-state marketing affiliate to promote his/her products through their e-commerce site. Once customers have purchased product beyond $10,000 from that out-of-state retailer via the marketing affiliate, that retailer is now required to collect and remit sales tax to the state. Now many state revenue agencies would call this the “Amazon Law” which compels the largest e-commerce retailer in the US to collect sales tax. But there are many other high-grossing e-commerce sites with no retail presence that need to be added to this list as well:
Many states also have specific language on what constitutes an affiliate solicitation. For example, California requires an explicit “pushed” solicitation resulting in a transaction, such as an email. Other states such as Illinois require merely a promotional coupon from that retailer. Yet other states are unsure what scenarios constitute an affiliate solicitation.
That being said, technology exists that can help automatically harvest as many affiliates as possible in-state. TaxCrawler can make the task of finding these sites very easy. This leads the state agency to merely codify the rules around affiliate nexus, and let TaxCrawler do the digging on the internet.
Here are some examples of Affiliate Nexus that can be extracted.
Popular short term rental booking websites like AirBnB have demonstrated that the internet can be a lucrative marketplace that tax and revenue must heed. In fact, the $25 Billion valuation should be further evidence of the value of a grey-market for tax called the Sharing Economy. Tax Discovery departments for the state, city and county
Update: if you’re looking for the short term rental drop-hosting article, click here Montana has been known as a tax haven for individuals who wish to avoid paying the sales/use tax on a high ticket item such as a luxury vehicle or a motor home / RV. An estimated 122,000 RVs are registered to Montana
With oil prices down 50% since Fall 2014, state revenue agencies are seeking ways to overcome the shortfall without increasing taxes. The simplest answer is improved enforcement: discovery, lead development, audit and collections are key aspects of that. The IRS’s IRMF data by state payee from 1099K filings is a good start if you haven’t
LTAS Technologies co-presented a topic “1099K and E-commerce Discovery : Not a Slam Dunk!” at the 2014 FTA Technology Conference in Portland, Oregon earlier this month. Minnesota Revenue presented the government perspective on how both open source and 1099K data compliment each other to bring you a complete picture of a taxpayer. LTAS was on
The State of Hawaii Department of Taxation wins a $150M ruling in its favour to collect taxes owing from a consortium of online travel booking agencies led by Expedia, and Travelocity. Hawaii has on its state tax books a General Excise Tax (GET) of 4% where a business must pay for the privilege of doing
The phrase “revenue enhancement” is used by municipalities to describe the process of auditing existing businesses to find potential tax liabilities and collect on them. Some part of the phrase also implies looking for businesses that are not filing their business taxes to the municipality at all, yet still conducting business within the city. This