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- Applicable Law, Jurisdiction, Venue. The laws of the State of Washington will govern these Site Terms and your use of the Site, without regard to any conflict of laws provisions that would result in the application of the laws of any other forum. In the event of any dispute relating to or arising out of the Site or these Site Terms, both you and RJ Tax Consulting LLC agree to personal jurisdiction in, and exclusive venue of, the state and federal courts located in King County, Washington.
Supplemental Terms for RJ Tax Consulting’s Sales Tax Automation Platform Management
- Customer Obligations. Customer shall notify RJ Tax Consulting LLC of any business changes that impact Customer’s compliance, including nexus setup, tax code selection, filing frequencies, new entity setup, any information used to provision Customer’s Account, and activities that impact physical or economic nexus.
- RJ Tax Consulting LLC Obligations. RJ Tax Consulting LLC will provide the following:
- General Deliverables. We’ll schedule regular meetings to check-in on any changes with your business that may impact sales tax, we’ll provide recommendations, and then make any needed changes to your sales tax automation platform (once you approve).
- We’ll make sure your sales/invoicing systems are properly connected and working with your sales tax automation platform.
- We can work with you to optimize invoicing & exemption certificate workflows.
- We’ll keep an eye on & update things like nexus & taxability settings to ensure your company is charging sales tax in the right places for the right amounts.
- We’ll help ensure the automated sales tax filings are done right and we can get your team the reports they’ll need to do reconciliations.
- We can aid in working with a large software provider like to save you money on the software and implementation costs.
- Your company could also leverage RJ Tax Consulting as a general resource when it comes to navigating USA sales tax.
- Sales Tax Automation Account Maintenance. RJ Tax Consulting LLC will update the Sales Tax Automation platform after receiving a customer approval, with changes identified by RJ Tax Consulting LLC or Customer that impact sales tax compliance.
- Nexus. RJ Tax Consulting LLC will advise Customer when Customer Data in the Sales Tax Automation platform indicates Customer may have economic nexus in a new state. Customer may opt to register in the new state. Upon registration, RJ Tax Consulting LLC will update Customer’s Sales Tax Automation platform accordingly. RJ Tax Consulting LLC will request, and Customer will provide information regarding physical/economic nexus & new registrations, and RJ Tax Consulting LLC will update Customer’s Sales Tax Automation platform accordingly.
- Exemption Certificate Collection. While RJ Tax Consulting LLC won’t do the actual exempt certificate collection from the Customer’s buyers, we will help you leverage the software to collect the certificates, if Customer has the appropriate certificate management subscription from the Sales Tax Automation vendor. If not, RJ Tax Consulting LLC can either assist with obtaining the needed subscription or can work to understand customers current certificate process to provide guidance on how to get them loaded into the Sales Tax Automation platform.
- Due to the volume of certificates some customers may have, inputting individual certificates manually is outside of the scope of these services provided by RJ Tax Consulting LLC.
- Training. RJ Tax Consulting LLC can provide question-and-answer sessions Customer’s new Authorized Users, up to 4 times a year (once per quarter).
Assumptions & Limitations
- Tax codes. While we won’t select the tax codes for you, we can leverage the software to provide recommendations for your selection.
- Services will commence within ten days after purchase. Work will be performed remotely and during RJ Tax Consulting LLC business hours.
- Recommendations. RJ Tax Consulting LLC may identify ways in which Customer is not compliant with sales tax requirements. If Customer wishes to use additional recommended RJ Tax Consulting LLC or outside services, Customer must purchase them separately.
- Notes. Registering to collect and remit sales and use tax can impact federal, state, and other reporting requirements, such as income or franchise tax, all of which are out of the Service’s scope. Customer should consult a third-party tax advisor regarding such matters.