Taxes are as certain as death.
And that applies online as well as off. But, as Twain so long ago predicted, that could soon change. Not only is the moratorium on new Internet taxes due to expire in October, but state governments are rapidly gearing up to get e-businesses to pay sales taxes that are already due by helping to simplify and automate their calculation and payment. As a result, experts say, it's time for all e-businesses to take a good look at their current sales tax practices to ensure that they are fully complying with current sales tax laws. That means identifying in which states they are required to collect sales taxes and seeking out new technologies such as hosted tax calculation and payment services that help cut the cost of complying.