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Streamlined Sales and Use Tax (SST)

The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement became effective as of October 1, 2005. Businesses may now register online for this system. Member states will permit a uniform withholding for sales and use taxes. It will also provide for a limited amnesty from prior periods collections and assessments. Use taxes owed on purchases by the business are NOT covered by the amnesty provisions.

If a business first registers within 12 months of the formation of the SST or, if later, either the formation of the business or with a new state, upon admittance of a new state to the SST, it is entitled to the amnesty for prior periods (provided the business ahs not been contacted nor is under audit) and may only be assessed for subsequent periods. Participating businesses collect sales tax at a uniform rate for sales to resident of the member states. Registration and participation in SST will not be used to assert liability or jurisdiction for other member state taxes.

The participating full member states are Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and West Virginia. Associate member states (those that have not fully conformed their state statutes to the SST provisions, requiring care in conforming to their requirements if invoking SST provisions, including amnesty) are Arkansas, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah and Wyoming. Nevada will be admitted as an associate member, effective January 1, 2006.

Returns may be filed annually on either the SST electronic or existing state forms. This may be changed, upon notice from the member state, on condition that an accumulation of $ 1,000 has been reached, triggering a filing within the following month for which the threshold is reached.
Business wishing to participate may register at

https://www.sstregiser.org/sellers

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