Chicago has a sales tax on amusements which includes events. However, there are two exemptions available:501C3 organizations Events that comply with all 5 of these criteria: – 501C3 Organizations OR – Events that meet all 5 of these criteria: The event takes place primarily on the public way or other public property, Any required permits […]
The power of our community has benefited our Sales Tax implementation again. Since beginning this project, we have had help from dozens of our customers who have helped provide clarification to how their local sales tax laws apply to races and nonprofits. This has happened again in Wyoming. Kevin Harris, our CFOO and “taxman”, received […]
We are nearing routine mode for Sales Tax since widely releasing it on December 1, 2019. Of course the purpose is to comply with state a local sales tax laws, and to make things simpler and more accurate for our customers. We are in the process of preparing our January sales tax filings – a […]
Our 2020 Winter Symposium is over, but there’s still time to catch up. You can view the slides from presentations anytime, and now the video recordings of our sessions are starting to pop up. Next up: Sales Tax and Your Race With Kevin Harris Kevin Harris, RunSignup CFO and COO is back with more on […]
We are rolling out sales tax collection for the final state – Colorado – today. We had rolled out the other 49 states and the District of Columbia a couple of weeks ago. Colorado posed a bit of a challenge, with their structure as a home rule state. As a Marketplace, RunSignup is responsible for collecting and remitting in sales […]
We are trying to gather early feedback since we fully released the sales tax system on December 2. Some interesting stats so far – some are too early to see any real trends, but some are substantial enough to have some meaning. The early data shows that concerns about sales tax impacting registrations is not […]
There is a lot of confusion about why RunSignup has built a major sales tax system for our customers, or why RunSignup is collecting sales tax on behalf of our customers in the growing number of states with marketplace laws. The answer is simple – liability. Liability for race organizations (both for profit and nonprofit), […]
Update: Avalara restored service after 23 minutes. One of the really hard, but really cool features we built into the RunSignup Sales Tax System was fault tolerance of unavailability of our tax rate vendor, Avalara. Avalara is widely regarded as the best tax rate calculation system available, which is why we selected them. However, we […]
Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 is Sales Tax day at RunSignup! We are rolling out our Sales Tax System the final 35 states and DC today in waves. The Noon Eastern wave has been turned on.
Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 is Sales Tax day at RunSignup! We are rolling out our Sales Tax System the final 35 states and DC today in waves. The 2PM Eastern wave has been turned on.
Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 is Sales Tax day at RunSignup! We are rolling out our Sales Tax System the final 35 states and DC today in waves. The Noon Eastern wave has been turned on. Two of the states in this wave charge sales tax on processing fees. Remember processing fees are charged to the participant based […]
Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 is Sales Tax day at RunSignup! We are rolling out our Sales Tax System the final 35 states and DC today in waves. The 9AM wave has been turned on. Most of the states in this wave charge sales tax on processing fees. Remember processing fees are charged to the participant […]
We have deployed an enhancement to our Exemption capabilities in our Sales Tax system. This allows for Federal, State and Local government entities as well as educational entities like schools, colleges and universities to claim exemption status for sales tax purposes. Remember, not all states have the same rules for each nonprofit entity type. nor […]
We have completed the sales tax system roll out to 15 states. We plan to roll out the rest on Monday, December 2, 2019. We will do 4 waves of states according to the list below. Note, this may change depending on unexpected issues that may arise. We will communicate changes via this blog post […]
Our Sales Tax System is live in South Carolina. The State of South Carolina is our second Marketplace state, where RunSignup is assuming responsibility for collecting, reporting and remitting sales tax to the state, easing the burden on races. This went live automatically today, November 19, 2019. RunSignup will turn off our legacy sales tax system […]
Do I need to provide a Seller ID or TaxID for RunSignup’s sales tax system? No. RunSignup files one consolidated sales tax return in Marketplace States using our TaxID. In nonMarketplace states, there is no need for RunSignup to ask for your SellerID since you are responsible for filing. Does the sales tax come out of […]
Why is there a sales tax on my checkout page? The event or club you are signing up for collects tax according to state rules. Different jurisdictions have different tax rules that apply different rates depending on location, nonprofit status, race fees, ticket fees, add-on purchases and processing fees. I only made a donation. Why […]
Let’s start with the good news! If you are in one of nearly 40 Marketplace States (see our taxability matrix), you don’t really have to understand the sales tax reports! That is because RunSignup has the obligation to calculate, collect, report and remit sales tax for all events and clubs in Marketplace States (although you […]
We will roll out our new sales tax system to be available in 5 new states later today, Nov. 19, 2019. Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North Carolina are all currently non-Marketplace states. This means that races have the option to turn on the sales tax system to calculate and collect sales tax and pay the […]
With the release of the new Sales Tax system, RunSignup is sunsetting the Legacy Sales Tax System. See our Sales Tax Matrix for more information on each state to determine if your race is in a Marketplace state or non-Marketplace state. The Legacy sales tax system will be completely sunset on Dec. 21, 2019. Reports […]
By early December, RunSignup will begin collecting, reporting and remitting sales tax on behalf of all events in Marketplace state. You can see if your event is in a Marketplace State on our RunSignup Public Taxability Matrix. There are several good resources for you to refer to for more information: Sales Tax Policies Taxability Matrix Detailed Implementation Sales […]
You can see if your event is in a non-Marketplace State on our RunSignup Public Taxability Matrix. Unlike Marketplace States, each event can choose to enable our Sales Tax System. Please see our blog on how to enable your event in our Dashboard. As of January 1, 2020 there will be 37 Marketplace states plus […]
You can see if your event is in a Marketplace State on our RunSignup Public Taxability Matrix. These are states that have passed a Marketplace Facilitator laws which compel platforms that facilitate sales for third party sellers (like RunSignup) to collect and remit sales tax on behalf of their sellers. By January 1, 2020 there […]
Many states offer nonprofits a sales tax exemption on event fees and sometimes merchandise sales. (Note: selling is different than a buyers exemption). The RunSignup sales tax system makes it simple for nonprofits to comply with the complex labyrinth of collecting sales tax appropriately. If you are a nonprofit who believes you have an exempt […]
We went live today (November 12, 2019) with optional sales tax in Florida, Michigan, Tennessee, Kansas and Missouri. These are all non-Marketplace states – see here for an overview of the difference from Marketplace states. We will be rolling out all states by early December. There are several good resources for you to refer to […]
We had dozens of questions on today’s Sales Tax Webinar, and we know that there will be many more to come. To help, we have compiled answers to all of the questions asked (with some consolidation of similar questions). We try to answer your questions as directly as possible, but remember that RunSignup does not […]
We will try to provide information as directly as possible, but remember that RunSignup does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. This material has been prepared for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal or accounting advice. RunSignup makes no representations, warranties, or […]
With the release of the new Sales Tax system, we need to have an accurate, valid address for your race. This is used to determine taxability in the system. There are lots of examples – your race is in a park or you specify a corner or landmark in your race address. Note this is […]
As we prepare to roll out the new Sales Tax system in November, 2019, this is an overview of the policies that we will be implementing. Please follow our blog for items on Sales Tax to stay up to date. The Sales Tax Environment has Changed The sales tax environment in the US has changed […]
Note: The Sales Tax system is not yet generally available. In the mean time, you can use our old sales tax system where you can set up rates and will file directly. We expect this system to roll out in November, 2019. As we prepare for the roll out of our Sales Tax system, we […]
As with all things Sales Tax related, there are complexities when it comes to refunds and sales tax! This will not be released for another month or so, but we have begun development on how sales tax refunds are handled. This blog will explain the concepts – a later blog will go thru all the […]
We will try to provide information as directly as possible, but remember that RunSignup does not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. This material has been prepared for informational purposes only, and is not intended to provide, and should not be relied on for, tax, legal or accounting advice. RunSignup makes no representations, warranties, or […]
We held a Sales Tax Webinar on August 21, 2019 to review the status of our Sales Tax implementation work, expected to complete by early October. We had hundreds of people attending and this is a list of the questions asked (trying to remove similar questions). We will try to answer your questions as directly […]
We are still working on this, but there is some likelihood that we will retire our signup app in the next month. This is due to a number of complications that are introduced by the implementation of our new sales tax system. We have seen a steady decline in the use of the Signup App […]
Another topic in our ongoing series on educating the market about the impact of sales tax, and our upcoming sales tax system release. Yes, there are many cases where there will be sales tax on races and events held by nonprofits. The good news is that donations are fully tax deductible and some states do […]
Our primary motivation for implementing a comprehensive sales tax system is to help races stay in compliance with their state laws. This has reached a higher level of urgency for all registration and ticket companies over the past year as states have passed “Marketplace” laws. These laws target larger entities like Amazon, Wayfair, RunSignup and […]
As we begin to roll out Sales Tax automation, we are making a number of detailed changes that will affect how sales taxes and processing fees are calculated. The first change that will be rolled out in the next week or so is calculating processing fees on the actual sales tax calculation. This will be […]
Believe it or not, sales tax is even more complicated than the above graphic with nearly 10,000 total jurisdictions and different rules for races, memberships, nonprofit events, and merchandise across those jurisdictions. About a year ago the US Supreme Court struck down a 1992 landmark decision (Quill Corporation vs. North Dakota) that had previously barred […]
Good news in at least one state – Kentucky has lifted their sales tax on nonprofit events. As we’ve written about before, sales tax is going to be an increasingly complex labyrinth for races and even nonprofits to navigate. With 50 different states instituting 50 different methods of collecting taxes (not including local jurisdictions like […]
Yesterday the US Supreme Court struck down a 1992 landmark decision (Quill Corporation vs. North Dakota) that had previously barred states from seeking sales tax from businesses unless they have a physical presence in the state. The 1992 decision had allowed online ecommerce businesses to thrive by not having to comply with the myriad and […]
New York has started asking races to pay sales tax on store items like extra shirts and jackets that are sold as part of a race (this does not include taxing registration or the typical free shirt that comes as part of the registration). The sales tax calculation is quite complicated – a different rate […]
We see more and more races having to collet taxes on their races or add-on items. We provide a number of mechanisms for races to collect Sales Tax – either on add-on items, store items, or registration fees. For Registration Fees, go to the Financial Tab and Extra Fees sub-tab. You can set any combination […]
This is our second full quarterly report during COVID-19. As we have discussed over the past several months, this has impacted our entire community, and certainly RunSignup/GiveSignup negatively. The good news is that we are all adapting and learning new ways of doing things. There is some return of in person events, but with new methods […]
We usually do a Race Registration Market Analysis twice a year – March and September. This is an unusual year, but we did a special one in April, 2020 to try to capture what was happening in the endurance market. We usually include a bunch of stats from different sources to compare the various registration platforms and […]
We will be rolling out new pricing on September 1, 2020 for all new and renewed races. Races created or renewed before then will have our current pricing until their event is complete. Our pricing has been the same for the past 10 years – RunSignup.com/Pricing and GiveSignup.org/Pricing, and the time has finally come for changes […]
We wanted to take time to document what has been happening inside RunSignup since the Coronavirus started. We have seen lots of different speculation from all sides – that we are small and therefore will be crushed by far larger competitors to speculation that we have all this money and are stealing from races by […]
More than ever, race organizers are reviewing their financial reporting and trying to make sense of the numbers – particularly, when and how much they will get paid. Kevin and Bryan took some time to walk through the Financial Summary and Payment Account reports that you can access. If you missed it, we have all […]
Races have a Financial Summary page that has drawn more attention than usual. Let’s take a look at a simple use case to understand the basics. We will also take a look at the Payment Account, which is where you can see your estimated next payment. Transactions: $62,836.27 – This line is the total transactions […]
COVID-19 and the Endurance Industry Like everything about March 2020, this month’s newsletter is a little different from our standard roundup of technology updates. We’ve sent a lot of emails recently, but with more and more races modifying their events, we wanted to use this newsletter as a central resource for your path forward. First up: we’re […]
Customer Success Stories February 17, 2020 was a big day for our customers, with RunSignup processing over $3.4 million across 50,000 registrations. In addition to everyday race registrations, the day saw a 30,000 person lottery drawing for the Blue Cross Broad Street Run, a 1,400 person drawing for the Horribly Hilly Hundreds, and two sellout […]
