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Most Recent Blog Posts: COVID-19 Business Resources

Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering Saves Time and Eliminates Stress with DAVO

Gladys Harrison’s mother started Big Mama’s Kitchen and Catering because she had a true passion for food and community. She did not start her business to spend hours stressing about sales tax.

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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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Main Street Retail Sales Have Been Improving Since March 31st

This chart shows brick-and-mortar merchants’ daily sales revenue since early March and then a rolling 7-day average of those sales. The high point of the red line was on March 5th, 2020 while the low point of the red line occurred on March 31st, 2020. At that point, sales revenue had crashed by over 58% in just a few weeks. Now it’s down by 26% and steadily improving to a busy Memorial Day weekend.

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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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10 Items to Consider for Long Term Business Continuity

We are now a few weeks into the full swing of the COVID-19 crisis in the U.S. At this point most small business owners have worked through the difficult short-term checklist of considerations to ensure that their business endures. But with no definitive end to the crisis in sight, it's time to think longer-term .

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A Story About How My Restaurant Successfully Reopened After 9/11

Prior to starting DAVO Automated Sales Tax, I owned a successful restaurant called the Blue Sky Cafe in northern New Jersey for many years. I want to tell you about my experience when we closed down for a short period after 9/11.

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COVID-19: The Information SMB Merchants Need

We’ve pulled together a collection of useful information from our POS partners and other sources geared toward helping you manage your business during the COVID-19 crisis.

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Should I Stop Remitting Sales Tax During the COVID-19 Crisis?

The uncertain business environment brought on by COVID-19 has businesses struggling to hold onto as much cash as possible. Many business owners are asking whether they should stop remitting sales tax and instead use it as working capital.

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