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Tax Traps of Liquidity Events
Finance teams in startups and scale-ups, and the general management teams they work with and support, must walk a tightrope when considering the tax impacts of major liquidity events. “Impacts,” plural, because there are potentially several for both the business and the personal tax situations of early-stage shareholders.
Read MoreStock-based Compensation
It takes a team, doesn’t it? Every startup that gets to scale has key employees and contractors who make the magic happen. To keep top team members, and keep them happy, many companies adopt stock-based compensation (SBC) plans to provide incentive and reward so when the company grows, so does everyone’s stake in its continued success.
Read MoreBreadth of tax due diligence – VPTax covers all of it
“Due diligence.” The words alone sound painful to most founders and execs at startups and scale-ups. They conjure visions of digging into departments, processes, and transactions you have to know about, whether they were under your control or not. It’s the rigor and detail of diligence, and it’s due—due as in it really must be done, no way around it and very much expected of you, and due as in must be done by a certain day on the calendar.
Read MoreVarious states’ economic nexus for income tax
How companies must address sales taxes changed forever after the Supreme Court ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair, et al. In that 2018 decision, the Court interpreted the law to rule that even companies without a physical presence in a state (i.e., a brick-and-mortar building, warehouse, trade show, inventory, employees and/or representatives) could still be required to register and collect tax in that state if the company met certain economic thresholds, measured in quantity of transactions, dollar volume of transactions, or sometimes both.
Read MoreU.S. Backs Out Of Global Tax Conversation
The Trump administration has backed out of conversations with the OECD and other countries to try to settle a global tax agreement. This could be detrimental as many countries are now implementing large taxes on digital giants like Amazon.
Read MoreOECD Pillar 2: The Globe Proposal
The OECD is putting a minimum global tax conversation on the horizon. Though the focus is currently on nexus issue, this topic is shortly coming.
Read MoreOECD Pillar 1: Nexus Standards For The Digital Economy
The OECD is working on Nexus standards globally. This would mean a great deal to large companies who have customers all over the world. Let VPTax inform you of where your company is heading in terms of paying extra taxes.
Read MoreWhat Is The OECD?
If people don’t know the OECD, well they probably just don’t know they do. VPTax keeps you updated on all the updates they make, and there’s a lot. Stay informed by following us or contacting us.
Read MoreSales Tax You May Not Know About
You may be liable for other states’ taxes and not even know it. Let VPtax help you through this sales tax minefield.
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