Recent Blog Posts

Easily Avoid Losing 40% of Your Restaurant’s Profit

When I opened my first restaurant, a wise friend said to me “It’s not how much you make, it’s how much you keep. If it doesn’t contribute to your bottom line, you have two choices: ditch it or do it as efficiently as possible." Sales tax falls into the “do it as efficiently as possible” bucket. Mismanagement of sales tax can be disastrous to your bottom line.

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DAVO Partners with Heartland Restaurant to Eliminate Sales Tax Headaches

DAVO Technologies now offers its popular automated sales tax service on the fast-growing Heartland Restaurant point-of-sale platform.

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DAVO CEO, Pete Murray, interviewed on the Grow Maine Show on WGAN radio

Our CEO, Pete Murray, was recently interviewed on the Grow Maine Show. The interview podcast is up online. In this interview Pete covers a lot. Here are just a few things he talks to Marty about on the show...

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Adding or Changing Your State Sales Tax Profile in DAVO

Whether you are a new DAVO customer or just need to update your state sales tax profile credentials, this video will show you how and where to update this information in DAVO.

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Adding or Changing Your Banking Information in DAVO

Adding your bank routing information into DAVO is a key step toward automating your sales tax management. This video shows you where to add this information in the DAVO Dashboard.

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Introduction to the DAVO Dashboard

The DAVO Dashboard is the place to go to see your sales tax collections and filings, update your bank routing information and state sales tax profile credentials, and more. Take a first look here.

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Why Do Bars Include Sales Tax in Their Drink Prices?

Should bars still include sales tax in the price of their drinks or are they actually subsidizing part of the drink for all of their customers and giving up revenue?

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How to Manage Sales Tax with 3rd Party Apps During COVID-19

As a restaurant owner during COVID-19, you are probably relying heavily on 3rd party apps (3PAs) such as Grubhub, DoorDash, and Uber Eats. With delivery likely being the vast bulk or possibly only revenue stream available to you, it’s vitally important that you understand who is responsible for collecting and remitting sales tax through these 3rd party orders.

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What are the Long-Term Implications of Declaring Bankruptcy While Still Owing Sales Tax?

In these unprecedented times, it’s a real possibility that many small-to-medium-sized businesses will, despite every effort, be forced to close their business and declare bankruptcy. If these businesses had used the sales tax collected prior to closing their doors to sustain their business for a time, what will happen to that debt?

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Quick Tip: Check Your Delivery and Pick-Up Sales Tax Rates

Many of you have pivoted to offer take-out, delivery, and maybe even online sales during the COVID-19 crisis. If you are new to these services, we want to remind you that you need to check how the items you are selling are taxed in your state. It’s not as cut and dry as it may seem.

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