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Sales and Use Tax Essentials

Nexus, taxability, exemption certificates, returns, and audits for multistate sales and use tax work.

Theory + practical training + case studies + activities + simulations + software

Level
Freshers
Subject
Specialist Tax
Format
5-day program

Day by day

  1. Day 1

    Sales tax foundations and nexus

    • How sales and use tax differ
    • Physical and economic nexus after Wayfair
    • Marketplace facilitator rules

    Practice: Run a nexus study for a seller active in several states.

  2. Day 2

    Taxability

    • Tangible goods, services, and digital products
    • SaaS taxability
    • Researching state rules

    Practice: Build a taxability matrix for a sample product range.

  3. Day 3

    Exemptions and sourcing

    • Resale and exempt-use certificates
    • Origin and destination sourcing
    • Local jurisdiction rates

    Practice: Review a certificate file and correct invalid certificates.

  4. Day 4

    Returns and use tax

    • Preparing state returns
    • Use tax accrual on purchases
    • Reconciling sales to the general ledger

    Practice: Prepare returns from sales data and reconcile them to the books.

  5. Day 5

    Audits, VDAs, and capstone

    • Audit sampling and defense
    • Voluntary disclosure agreements
    • Registering in new states

    Practice: Complete a multistate case study, from nexus through filing.

More than theory

We don't just teach the rules. This program includes practical training, case studies, activities, simulations, and hands-on software training.

Software covered

Hands-on sessions run in the platforms your team uses. See all software

Sales and use tax

Tax determination, returns, and exemption certificate management.

  • Avalara AvaTax
  • Vertex
  • ONESOURCE Indirect Tax
  • Sovos
  • TaxJar

Tax research

Finding, reading, and documenting authority for a tax position.

  • Checkpoint
  • CCH AnswerConnect
  • Bloomberg Tax
  • Tax Notes
  • Blue J

Data and AI tools

Cleaning client data, automating workpapers, and using AI with review controls.

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Power Query
  • Power BI
  • Alteryx
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • ChatGPT
  • CoCounsel

Your trainer

Portrait of Vijay Narayandas

Vijay Narayandas

Two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices

Vijay Narayandas has spent over two decades training tax teams and building US tax practices that deliver. He has hired hundreds of professionals, interviewed thousands, and coached them into reviewers and leaders.

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