If you ask John Gebhardt whether he’s figured out all the sales-and-use-tax protocols for jurisdictions where customers of Sheffield Furniture & Interiors live, he’ll answer quickly. “No. The rules are changing, and it’s confusing.” Gebhardt handles accounting and human resources for Severegn Furniture Management, which owns Sheffield. The retailer, a
It’s time to push for tax fairness in Florida. In an Action Alert to its Florida members Jan. 2, the Home Furnishings Association asked them to contact Sunshine State legislators and urge support for important tax bills. “Florida stands almost alone as a sales-tax state that has not yet enacted
When California’s Department of Tax and Fee Administration said last December that out-of-state retailers would be required to collect taxes on their online sales into the state, lawmakers were already promising their own action. Now legislators are close to delivering. The Marketplace Facilitators Act has powerful sponsors and breezed through a committee with
This Cyber Monday, furniture retailers probably aren’t seeing a big benefit from sales-tax collections by online competitors. “I haven’t noticed an uptick with customers saying so,” Ryan Redman, chief operating officer of Priceless Mattress and Furniture in Augusta, Maine, said on the Monday after a Thanksgiving weekend that saw good
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As 2025 winds down, the home furnishings retail industry continues to monitor significant developments around the IEEPA (International Emergency Economic
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Inventory management plays a big role in customer satisfaction. Inventory management should be designed to monitor product availability, but thanks
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