Sales & Use Tax for Cloud Computing, Software, Apps, and Other Digital Products and Services
Overcoming Vendor and Customer Compliance Challenges Due to Inconsistent Multistate Tax Laws
Recording of a 110-minute CPE webinar with Q&A
This webinar will provide tax professionals with a detailed and practical guide to the latest state developments and trends affecting multistate companies dealing with digital products and services (cloud computing) as either seller or buyer. The panel will offer compliance approaches for adjusting to these multistate developments.
Outline
- State-by-state legislative and administrative update
- An overview of state laws
- Recent developments as states seek to extend sales & use tax jurisdiction
- Sourcing and nexus with digital transactions
- Sourcing digital purchases and conflicting state approaches
- Nexus—how do digital purchases impact click-through nexus?
- Cloud computing and other problematic products and services
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- States’ varying approaches on sales tax for digital products and services
- How the SSTP addresses sales of digital products and services
- States’ recent guidance and legislation
- Impact of the Marketplace Fairness Act for U.S. businesses and customers
Faculty

Joseph N. Endres
Partner
Hodgson Russ
Mr. Endres works with business clients on a wide range of state and local tax issues, particularly involving New... | Read More
Mr. Endres works with business clients on a wide range of state and local tax issues, particularly involving New York state taxes, and also on matters involving federal and state tax credits and other incentives. He speaks frequently on New York State and multi-state tax topics.
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Hanish Patel, Esq.
Eversheds Sutherland
Mr. Patel counsels clients on state and local tax controversy, planning and policy matters. He advises on multistate... | Read More
Mr. Patel counsels clients on state and local tax controversy, planning and policy matters. He advises on multistate tax nexus issues and on all tax types, including income, franchise, property, and sales and use tax. Prior to joining the firm, he worked in the state and local tax group of Deloitte Tax LLP, where he advised clients on tax planning and refund opportunities, and the state and local tax implications of mergers, acquisitions, dispositions and corporate reorganizations.
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Laurie Wik, CMI
Senior Tax Director
Alvarez & Marsal Taxand
Ms. Wik has over 27 years of sales/use tax experience and specializes in tech industry companies, including interactive... | Read More
Ms. Wik has over 27 years of sales/use tax experience and specializes in tech industry companies, including interactive gaming companies, SAAS providers, hosted services providers, social networking sites, and other web-based product sellers as well as traditional businesses which consume cloud services or are transitioning their business models into the cloud. She speaks regularly throughout the country on the topic of cloud computing and other indirect tax matters affecting technology companies and their customers.
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