Many companies have invested heavily in tax software that is capable of calculating the tax rates in various states and localities only to be disappointed with the results.

In our experience, most companies are leaking cash, by overpaying their sales and use taxes.

The laws governing sales and use tax are complicated.

They vary by state, and their interpretation can be controversial.

Keeping up with sales and use taxes requires a level of sales tax expertise that most companies don’t have.

When we review use and sales taxes to find refunds we come across two different opportunities.

As we have covered in other articles, the best way for most companies to manage sales tax and use tax is to develop a rules-based system, then bring in specialists every three years to recover overpayment and tune the rules.

Use Tax Is Confusing. There’s lots of confusion about what the use tax is and how companies should handle paying it.