{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fcd07cd7e-0889-4440-8414-516b09422ad4","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board with Craig Johnson","description":"In this episode of the SALTovation podcast, we speak with Craig Johnson, Executive Director of the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board. Craig talks about what the board does and shares some of their accomplishments since 1999 with both participating and nonparticipating states.\r\n\n \r\n\nQuestions asked and answered in this Episode:\r\n\nWhat is Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board?\r\n\nWhat are some of Streamlined\u2019s major accomplishments?\r\n\nWhy aren\u2019t the other 22 states registered with the board?\r\n\n\n \r\n\nWhat You Will Discover:\r\n\n[00:44] What is Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board\r\n\n[02:48] Some of their major accomplishments\r\n\n[07:40] Their central registration system for sellers\r\n\n[13:22] Why other states don\u2019t register to participate\r\n\n[19:38] Creating uniform definitions using candy as an example\r\n\n[29:13] The resolution to allow non-member states to participate\r\n\n[35:47] Survey results from registered sellers\r\n\n[41:34] What Craig is hopeful for the future\r\n\n\n \r\n\nQuotables:\r\n\n \r\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve made significant improvements and significant strides in making it easier for businesses.\u201d - Craig Johnson [02:43]\r\n\n\u201cWe didn\u2019t really have, I don\u2019t believe, a true appreciation for all the various nuances multi-state businesses face. We knew our laws inside and out. I knew our laws inside and out. Quite frankly, expected multi-state businesses to know them just as well, but while we\u2019re focusing just on our laws, multi-state businesses, they're trying to do this and they\u2019re focusing on every state\u2019s laws that they\u2019re operating in. And I think as part of our accomplishments, we now as states have a much better understanding and appreciate really for what multi-state businesses face and the challenges that they have.\u201d - Craig Johnson [05:24]\r\n\n\u201cIf you\u2019re not in a Streamlined state and you\u2019re going to make sales in any one of our member states, you can still register through Streamlined.\u201d - Craig Johnson [13:11]\r\n\n\u201cWe are trying very hard to walk that fine line of where does simplification or where does simplification in state sovereignty, where\u2019s the ideal spot for them to meet?\u201d - Craig Johnson [21:16]\r\n\n\u201cI want a business to focus on growing its business. I don\u2019t want a business to focus on \u2018I have to do my taxes. I have to calculate sales tax.\u2019 Let somebody else do that.\u201d - Craig Johnson [39:53]\r\n\n\u201cWe have to listen to business. If we\u2019re going to make things easier, we have to understand from the people that are actually doing the work on a day to day basis. What\u2019s causing the problem? And then figure out what the response is and work with them, like \u2018Ok, what do we see as a solution that works from both the states\u2019 side and the seller\u2019s side?\u2019\u201d - Craig Johnson [43:58]\r\n\n\n \r\n\nRelevant Links:\r\n\nStreamlined Sales Tax Governing Board: streamlinedsalestax.org\r\n\nCraig Johnson on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/craig-johnson-97027b69\r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b51357fd-4b9d-4607-b445-09764ec5152e/salt-1-bpay1.jpg"}