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This blog was last updated on June 11, 2026 Transactions. Are they taxable or exempt? If taxable, at what rate? Does the customer’s intended use matter? Is there pending legislation that may change the answer? These are just some of the questions sales tax practitioners face on a daily basis. AI can cut time spent on researching legislation, laws, and regulations as opposed to starting the process manually from scratch. But can we trust it? Short answer: not fully.

This blog was last updated on June 3, 2026 Sales and use tax compliance has never been a static exercise, but 2025 pushed the boundaries of what fast-moving really means. Across the United States, state and local taxing jurisdictions enacted a surge of rate changes, added new taxing authorities, expanded tax bases, and revised exemption frameworks. These shifts were driven by fiscal pressure, the ongoing digitization of commerce, and an evolving federal policy landscape.

This blog was last updated on June 3, 2026 By Freda Pepper, General Counsel, Unclaimed Propert The federal government is taking coordinated action on state unclaimed property practices. In mid-April 2026, Congress launched both legislative and investigative initiatives targeting what lawmakers characterize as the “premature seizure” of investment assets.

This blog was last updated on June 2, 2026 with Emily Nash-Walker, Head of AP & AR, Product Strategy, Tungsten We’ve established why mirror visibility matters and what it requires technically in blogs one and two. Now let’s get specific: what does the tech stack actually look like? Building a compliant AP architecture means assembling five distinct capabilities into an integrated system.

This blog was last updated on May 28, 2026 Mandatory e-invoicing is often presented as a recent reform, driven in Europe by the ViDA — VAT in the Digital Age — project and by the national mandates now being rolled out. Yet this transformation did not begin in Brussels or Paris.

This blog was last updated on May 28, 2026 France’s e-invoicing reform is no longer just a national issue. As the European ViDA — VAT in the Digital Age — project takes shape, one question is increasingly being raised by businesses: is the French model truly compatible with the future European architecture for digital VAT?

This blog was last updated on May 19, 2026 Most companies treat use tax as a problem they’ll get to eventually. “Phase 2” of the transformation plan. Meanwhile, auditors, who have gotten meaningfully smarter through technology, know exactly where to look. Manufacturers can find themselves a frequent target. When a seller takes a properly completed exemption certificate from a manufacturer, they are largely off the hook. The manufacturer never is.

This blog was last updated on May 18, 2026 Proponents of retailer direct-to-consumer (DtC) wine shipping won a significant victory last Friday when the Sixth Circuit held that an Ohio law allowing DtC shipping only by in-state retailers is unconstitutionally discriminatory.

This blog was last updated on May 14, 2026 The federal government is taking coordinated action on state unclaimed property practices. In April 2026, Congress launched both legislative and investigative initiatives targeting what lawmakers characterize as the “premature seizure” of investment assets.

Nebraska imposes a statewide sales and use tax rate of 5.5%. In addition to the Nebraska state sales tax, local jurisdictions may impose additional local sales tax in Nebraska, which can increase the total rate businesses must collect and remit. What’s Taxable in Nebraska? Nebraska sales and use tax applies to the sale of tangible personal property and certain services. Sellers selling taxable goods and/or services are required to collect and remit sales tax to the state.