SSTP Registration System

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• Welcome to the Streamlined Sales Tax Registration
  System (SSTR).
• Certified Tax Solutions Effective June 1, 2006
• Effective June 1, 2006 a new and important
  component of the Streamlined initiative is in
  place.  On June 1, 2006 certified sales tax
  administration software became available for
  business use.  The two types of software that
  will be available are Certified Service Providers
  and Certified Automated Systems .
• Pursuant to the action of the Streamlined Sales
  Tax Governing Board any seller that registers on
  the Streamlined Sales Tax registration system and
  wishes to use a Certified Service Provider or
  Certified Automated System has 60 days from the
  time of registrations to enter into a contract
  with a CSP or CAS to start collecting sales tax
  in the Streamline member states.
• Any business that registers on the Streamlined
  Sales Tax registration system and chooses to be a
  Model 1 or Model 2 seller must enter into a
  contract with one of the companies approved by
  the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board.
• Two companies, Avalara and Taxware, have achieved
  the distinction of being Certified Service
  Providers and one company, Taxware, has also
  achieved the distinction of being a Certified
  Automated Systems .  Both companies are under
  contract with the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing
  Board.
• If it is not your intent to register for sales
  tax purposes in all the states listed below,
  please do not complete this registration form. 
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• This site is where, with one registration, you
  can register to collect sales tax in all of the
  following member states Indiana , Iowa , Kansas
  , Kentucky , Michigan , Minnesota , Nebraska ,
  New Jersey , North Carolina , North Dakota ,
  Oklahoma , South Dakota , and West Virginia .
  You also have the option to register in the
  associate states of Arkansas , Ohio , Tennessee ,
  Utah and Wyoming . Additional states will become
  member states as they change their laws to comply
  with the Streamlined requirements. Nevada will
  join as an associate state January 1, 2006 .
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• A business that completes the registration form
  on this site automatically becomes registered to
  collect sales tax in all of the member states and
  the chosen associate states.  For those who do
  intend to register, this system can be used for
  new registrations or to make updates or changes
  to previously submitted registration information.
  
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• Amnesty
•   Amnesty is available in all states
  participating as full or associate members of the
  Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement once a
  seller is registered.  Amnesty is applicable
  only to sales or use taxes due from a seller in
  its capacity as a seller and not to sales or use
  taxes due from a seller in its capacity as a
  purchaser.  No amnesty is available under the
  Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement for taxes
  other than sales or use taxes. For more
  information on Streamlined Sales Tax and Amnesty
  please go to www.streamlinedsalestax.org
•  Filing and Paying
•  Registrants must file and pay taxes with each
  individual state as there is no central
  depository for tax returns and payments.  Once a
  seller is registered, each state will send
  information on how to file with their state.

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CSP/CAS

• Certified Service Provider (CSP) choices are
• Undetermined
• Taxware
• Avalara
• Exactor
• Certified Automated System (CAS) choices are
• Undetermined
• TaxWare
• Sellers who have chosen Model 1 or Model 2 have
  60 days after they register to sign a contract
  with a CSP/CAS. That is when they will begin to
  file and pay.
• They will file using a Simplified Electronic
  Return (SER)
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• Indicate seller registry status is a major
  change from the original version. States are no
  longer asked if they have a legal requirement to
  register.

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New StatesRhode Island and Vermont have
petitioned to join Streamlined as of January 1,
2007How the states will know if they are to
pay an allowance to a sellers CSP1. A seller
signs a contract with a CSP2. The seller
informs the CSP in which states they are a
volunteer3. The CSP sends this information to
the SST administrator4. The administrator
reviews and updates the sellers registration
form with the volunteer information for each
state.5. The next time a state pulls their
transmission they will receive this information.
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REPORTS

• Number of active registrants as of 8-18-2006
  _________
• Number of Model 1 registrants (CSP) __________
• Number of Model 2 registrants (CAS) ___________
• Number of Model N registrants ___________
• No certified system
• PROBLEMS
• Sellers use the Streamlined registration system
  by mistake
• Sellers register through Streamlined then try to
  cancel the registration with a few individual
  states