Gather expert insights on the unique sales tax concerns for small ecommerce businesses and accountants, including how U.S. economic nexus and sales tax laws have changed, and what this means for online sellers.
What You'll Learn:
Learn the number-one mistake small ecommerce businesses make when it comes to sales tax preparation, and how they can take specific steps all year round to lessen worry and boost compliance.
Explore why collaboration between sellers and accounting professionals is key, where to go for the latest sales tax legislation information, and how thoughtful use of technology can automate some of the busywork at filing time.
About the speakers:
Brad Scott
Director of Finance, Halstead Bead, Inc
Brad Scott is the Director of Finance at Halstead Bead, Inc., a family-owned ecommerce wholesaler supplying jewelry businesses worldwide. Brad handles Halstead's multi-state sales and income tax registrations, filings, reconciliations, and all other accounting needs. He also leads Halstead's legislative advocacy efforts to achieve multi-state sales tax uniformity and simplification, with the objective of making compliance requirements for remote sellers less onerous.
Alex Oxford
Founder, TaxValet
Alex is the founder of TaxValet, a sales tax firm that eliminates the hassle and risk of ecommerce, and software companies. Alex and his team oversee sales tax for over 12,000 sales and use tax returns each year.
Veronica Wasek
CPA & CEO, VM Wasek
Veronica is an entrepreneur, influencer, educator, and CPA. She is the CEO and Founder of VM Wasek – a firm specialized in accounting and consulting for Shopify & Amazon sellers. Veronica runs the 5 Minute Bookkeeping YouTube channel, blog, and Facebook community, and also operates an online academy for bookkeepers and accountants, 5MB Academy. She is advanced certified in QuickBooks Online, and has been named a Top 100 and Top 10 QuickBooks ProAdvisor.
Soon-Chul Choi
CPA & COO, Webgility
Soon-Chul is a Certified Public Accountant and the Chief Operating Officer at Webgility. He started his career in public accounting at Ernst & Young, and has held accounting and finance roles at Broadcom, Viewsonic, Wells Fargo, and Schwab. Soon-Chul single-handedly manages Webgility’s financial systems and reporting by combining his 15+ years of industry experience with accounting software automation across multiple applications.
Laura Hercher
Host, Webgility
Laura is a Senior Channel Account Manager at Webgility. She has extensive experience helping CPAs, accountants, and other financial advisors streamline their technology and workflows. While she has worked with firms of all sizes, Laura’s passion is empowering small businesses to thrive by implementing a strong collaboration between their accounting professionals, technology, and analytics.
